When you think of Android, what comes to mind? For us, the word "freedom" is right at the top of the list. Android is an open source operating system, and part of a vast open platform. Historically, ...

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 ...

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Time to dive in and find fun new toys to play with. Everything new in Android 17 Beta Android 17 is indeed “CinnamonBun” Not that we didn’t believe the codename for Android 17 was “CinnamonBun,” but ...

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 ...

It’s all very messy. Even someone like me, whose job is to follow Android, kept getting confused by all the overlapping update cycles and feature releases. So I dug in and tried to make sense of the ...

From swirling updates to confusing convergence and more than a few wacky experiments, 2026 is looking to be anything but uneventful for Google's Android platform. It’s hard to believe, but here we be ...

You have been warned — a billion phones are at risk. Updated on Dec. 23 with additional commentary on new security vulnerabilities and the security risks for the billion-plus phones that will not ...

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 makes one big Android release a year — until now. This week, it released Android 16 QPR2. In some ways it’s a minor update, but one that means there should be greater flexibility and, therefore ...

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 ...

Why this is important: For Nothing phone owners, especially those with the Phone 3, this update marks a major leap rather than just a patch. The features combine software polish with functional ...