Android security update adds preventative user blocks. Update, May 16, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, has been updated with news of more security features that have either arrived or ...

Android users should update their phones immediately as Google's December 2025 patch fixes critical vulnerabilities.

Critically, Samsung also says it plans "to include the Google update in January 2026." That likely means updates by late next ...

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Android phones rarely slow down overnight. Performance usually erodes in small, frustrating steps as apps pile up temporary ...

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Google recently released Android 16, which brings a smattering of new features for Pixel phones, with promises of additional updates down the road. The numbering scheme has not been consistent over ...

Over the years, mobile operating system updates have become more incremental than innovative. The newest Android release is a prime example of that. Android 16, like Android 15 before it, offers ...

Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for Android Auto 15.2 in the production channel, with the rollout now kicking off through the Google Play Store. The process happens in stages, so while ...

Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for a new Android Auto build. Version 15.8 is now available for download through the beta program, and if everything goes as planned, it should get the ...