This unconventional approach will improve your Android phone's privacy, security, and performance — and bring a big boost to your personal productivity, too. Fair warning: This column is a fair bit ...

What if the key to doubling your Android’s battery life was hidden right beneath your fingertips—waiting to be unleashed by a simple tweak? Buckle up, because ...

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Well, I’ll be: Android 16 is officially here! (Or it’s available for device-makers to roll out as they see fit, at least. Choose your own adventure.) And the timing of the software’s arrival isn’t the ...

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Android allows you to store important medical information, such as name, height, weight, gender, blood type, date of birth, organ donor status, pregnancy status, medications, address, and medical ...

Please note that many of these hacks require you to enable Developer Options, Android's hidden menu of settings. To do so, ...

Google I/O, the company's annual event in Mountain View, California, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre, is underway, giving the world a look at upcoming Android, mobile and AI software. Last week's ...

Google has finally released the public build of Android 16, and it is now available to download for compatible Pixel phones and tablets. With this earlier-than-usual update to Android, Google is ...

Starting next year, Android will block the installation of apps from unverified developers, a policy that affects both Play Store and sideloaded apps. The new system requires Android to check if a ...