Repair Mode lets technicians fix your Android phone without seeing your personal files or apps. Here's how to enable it.

Consider these expert-vetted tips and tricks to make your device last up to hours longer - no matter the brand.

In late November 2025, Google announced it had made AirDrop compatible with Android, allowing iPhone and Mac users to share files wirelessly with Android phones. Apple was not involved in the ...

Your Android smartphone, or tablet, actually contains a hidden feature that can protect you on unsecured networks — and protect your data on work networks — as long as your device is running Android ...

Editor's take: Google's latest Android enterprise update adds RCS Archival, a tool that lets organizations intercept, archive, and retain messages sent through Google Messages on work-managed Pixel ...

There are two apps I almost always install on my new Android devices: Google Keep and Google Tasks. Keep is a super simple but very effective note keeping app, while Tasks lets me keep my to-do lists ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 brings a major fix for home screen theming by automatically generating themed icons for all apps. This creates a clean, consistent look. The update also includes a new ‘Create’ ...

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Google is not discontinuing the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but it has made big changes that affect how Android source code is shared, especially for those who build custom ROMs of Android.

Google is making some big changes to how it operates the open-source version of Android, aka the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). As reported by Android Authority, the company says it will soon ...

Recording calls on Android smartphones has always been tricky. Over the past few years, it’s gotten even harder. Google keeps adding strict rules, especially around apps that use Accessibility ...