Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves. These updated Android theft protection features ...

Cyber criminals have a tactic that allows them to make ATM withdrawals from your credit or debit card. However, they don't physically need your card to do it. By remotely targeting your Android phone, ...

Android remains one of the most customizable mobile operating systems out there, despite Google's recent efforts to rein it in. You don't necessarily have to root your Android device to get it to do ...

Google is launching Android Emergency Live Video, which enables emergency dispatchers to request live camera feeds during emergencies. The feature is compatible with phones running Android 8 and above ...

Switching up the release schedule could bring new features to third-party Android phones much faster. Switching up the release schedule could bring new features to third-party Android phones much ...

Google is following through on its pledge to split Android versions into more frequent updates. We already had one Android 16 release this year, and now it’s time for the second. The new version is ...

Google launched Android 16 back in June, and with it came a ton of features and updates. Usually, that’s all Google does until the next version, which is expected to be released in beta sometime in ...

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At the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii, Google and Qualcomm dropped major news: they’re working together to bring Android to PCs. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon and Google’s Rick Osterloh confirmed they’re ...

Your in-car Android Auto screen could soon display more app columns, making app discovery easier and faster. We were able to surface up to seven app columns in a layout that previously supported a ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...