Google is building Task Continuity, a native Handoff feature for Android to bridge the ecosystem gap with Apple. By integrating the feature at the system level, Google ensures seamless task ...

Most of us rely on Chrome for browsing the web on our Android devices, partly because it's almost always installed by default, and we've become used to it from our desktops and laptops. It has a lot ...

Google is no longer backporting security patches to Android 12 or 12L, as both operating systems have reached end-of-life status. This means that device makers will have to backport security patches ...

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that development of the Android operating system will soon fully happen in private. Currently, Google shares some of the work it does on the public AOSP ...

Google's Pixel devices starting with the Pixel 6 are already getting the Android 15 update. The latest flavor of Android is also coming to devices from several other manufacturers. Brands like Xiaomi, ...

You might sideload an Android app, or manually install its APK package, if you’re using a custom version of Android that doesn’t include Google’s Play Store ...

Smartphones are capable of doing a lot of things that older mobile phones were never capable of. That's not at all surprising given that the modern devices are essentially tiny powerful computers that ...

Lindroid is a new open source app that lets you install a GNU/Linux distro on an Android device and run Linux applications with full support for your phone’s hardware. It does this by putting Linux ...

Android 15 is coming later this year with a host of new features and enhancements. Google has already released a few Android 15 beta builds, revealing exciting things about the new OS. Unfortunately, ...

Tablets have occupied a place in our every day, digital lives for over a decade, but it's hard to argue the dominance of the iPad. In Q4 of 2023, Apple's tablet shipments represented 40% of worldwide ...

Let’s be honest, the iPhone vs Android debate isn’t all that groundbreaking in 2024. We’ve all been using our smartphones for years, so we have at least a sense of the ecosystem differences and what ...