The first Android 16 release was boring and lacked many user-facing features. This is how it grew to become Android's most influential update in years.

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Google “ automatically updates ” Android phones with critical system fixes installed in the background, absent all the ...

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

Your Android device might soon tell you exactly how much your clock has moved while traveling to a new time zone.

Samsung has begun rolling out a change to the Android operating system on hundreds of millions of Galaxy phones around the ...

Google is preparing some huge Android updates that are slated to start rolling out shortly. Many of the more significant features in this update are limited to eligible Pixel phones, but there are ...

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These 19 Xiaomi devices are scheduled to reach end-of-life (EOL) status in 2026. Check the complete list here to find out if yours is there.

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 ...

Google has rolled out its December security update. The update patches 107 security vulnerabilities. Two of the security flaws may have already been exploited. Constantly keeping all your hardware and ...