Google's mysterious Android Pulse app is showing up in the Play Store, and it could help spot apps that drain battery or hog ...

If Android Pulse showed up in your Play Store updates this weekend and looked a bit suspicious, you’re not alone. Your phone hasn’t been hacked either. It’s an app from Google that watches for ...

On Saturday morning, you might have noticed an app called “Android Pulse” appearing in the list of available Google Play ...

In the name of science and experimentation, I decided to try running a full-blown Linux desktop on an Android tablet. Turns ...

Long-term support is important for smartphones. Security updates are particularly necessary to keep your data from falling into the wrong hands, so they tend to be available for a long time. But ...

Following the changes Google has made in Android 17, Samsung’s next major One UI update also implements much stricter lockdown restrictions, including permanently locking a Galaxy device after 13 ...

Samsung One UI 9.0 (Android 17) in beta — Beta 4 now on the Galaxy S26 series, testing expanding to budget Galaxys. OnePlus OxygenOS 17 (Android 17) eligibility announced. OnePlus is reportedly ...

This took a while, but a new Android Auto update is finally available for download. Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for Android Auto 17.3, and the first users can get it through the Google ...

Like it or not, your Android phone has an "end of life" date just like any smartphone. The day your device no longer receives major Android operating system updates and security updates is the day you ...

Jesse is a lifelong technology enthusiast who has been exploring smartphones and mobile tech for more than two decades. He began his career in IT consulting and project management before making a ...

Code generation is emerging as one of the most popular applications for large language models (LLMs), but not all agents are equally good at all development tasks. Google created a benchmark earlier ...

Google is rolling out the July 2026 patch for Pixel smartphones, the first update since the launch of stable Android 17. The release targets five critical bugs across system stability, framework, and ...