Google's latest major Android release landed in an unusual season, but the chill around its arrival feels eerily familiar. 2025’s been a weird year when it comes to Android upgrades. For ages now, ...

As we careen toward a future in which Google has final say over what apps you can run, the company has sought to assuage the community’s fears with a blog post and a casual “backstage” video. Google ...

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon teases his first look at Google’s merger between Android and ChromeOS. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon teases his first look at Google’s merger between Android and ChromeOS. is ...

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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 ...

Google's annual I/O developer conference is kicking off on May 20, and for the first time, the company is hosting a dedicated showcase a week earlier, which indicates it might have too much news for ...

Google I/O is where we learn about many major features and updates that are coming to the company’s ecosystem, including on the Android front. The company is doing something a little different this ...

Halloween night can involve lots of running "amok, amok, amok" for some people—and a lot of repeat watches of "Hocus Pocus" for others. If you're part of the former, sharing your location with friends ...

The latest Android 15 QPR1 beta introduces a tutorial on how to use touchpad gestures for navigation. Although Google introduced touchpad gestures for navigation in last year’s Android 14 release, it ...