A reader inquired about purchasing his first smartphone. Actually, two of them. He and his wife have relied on a landline and a flip phone, but the landline is going ...

Android 17 Beta 3 includes a hidden Priority Charging feature that pauses background tasks to speed up charging. It directs more power to the battery while managing heat to stay safe. The feature is ...

Android phones have gotten pretty fast over the last few years, to the point where faster processors don't really bring about the noticeable speed improvements they used to. So now, the goalposts have ...

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Most people never think about Android security updates until a headline like this appears. Suddenly, your phone, the device you use for messages, banking, photos and work, becomes part of a global ...

BRRRRRRRRRREAKING NEWS, y’all: Despite what the internet’s many misleading headlines may lead you to believe, Android security (gasp!) isn’t actually all that scary. That’s some critical 101-level ...

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Google has released security updates to patch 129 Android security vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw in a Qualcomm display component. "There are indications that ...

Google has been doing a lot of great things with Android over the past couple of years, so we're excited to see what's next with Android 17. And while we still have some months to go before we get an ...

Jon Gilbert is a Features Writer for Android Police. I've covered Android since 2021, focusing on writing features and guides about Android apps and features that directly affect users. I've attended ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...