Android 17 Beta arrives with quiet but meaningful changes, hinting at a smarter release cycle and subtle polish ahead.

Google has just announced the release of Android 17 Beta 1 with performance improvements, H.266/VCC video codec support, smoother camera mode transitions, ...

First, open the Settings app on your phone and scroll down to Connected devices. From there, tap Android Auto. After you’re on the Android Auto settings page, scroll all the way down to the bottom and ...

Android's Advanced Protection Mode is getting tougher, now restricting accessibility permissions for automation and customization apps.

Google's Advanced Protection Mode may soon restrict apps using accessibility APIs to enhance security for high-risk Android users.

If you want to change ChatGPT's personality, go to the Personalization tab, change its overall base style, and then tune its characteristics. One interesting option is Headers & Lists. You can tweak ...

In late November 2025, Google announced it had made AirDrop compatible with Android, allowing iPhone and Mac users to share files wirelessly with Android phones. Apple was not involved in the ...

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Your Android smartphone, or tablet, actually contains a hidden feature that can protect you on unsecured networks — and protect your data on work networks — as long as your device is running Android ...

Editor's take: Google's latest Android enterprise update adds RCS Archival, a tool that lets organizations intercept, archive, and retain messages sent through Google Messages on work-managed Pixel ...

There are two apps I almost always install on my new Android devices: Google Keep and Google Tasks. Keep is a super simple but very effective note keeping app, while Tasks lets me keep my to-do lists ...

Android 16 officially rolled out a few weeks ago, and in addition to enhanced protection and productivity enhancements, the latest OS introduced several changes to how notifications are received. If ...