While I almost always advise on which is the new best smartphone, the majority of consumers don't upgrade every year. I have ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone ...

Google has confirmed that Android will not retire app sideloading, but the company is implementing measures that make the ...

Google has announced a new mechanism in Android called Advanced Flow that will allow sideloading APKs from unverified ...

Google's latest Android Canary 2603 build brings separate Wi-Fi toggles, a native App Lock, and improved multitasking to ...

I used to install a dozen little apps for basic tasks. This Android toolkit replaced almost all of them.

If I wanted Liquid Glass, I’d buy an iPhone. It doesn’t belong on Android. And yet, I’m seeing more and more of Apple’s design language — or half-baked versions of it — pop up in apps on my Google ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. At this point in the smartphone age, many of us have committed our ...

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 ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

In the name of convenience, many apps these days are designed to be cross-platform. They can run on both mobile and desktop, so you can readily switch between devices without starting from scratch. It ...