We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Android phones, and smartphones in general, get better as manufacturers release new models to the market. Just a few years ago, flagship ...

Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves. These updated Android theft protection features ...

Cyber criminals have a tactic that allows them to make ATM withdrawals from your credit or debit card. However, they don't physically need your card to do it. By remotely targeting your Android phone, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Dec. 10 with the news on Samsung’s critical update ...

Friends in your contact list who also have an Android phone can signal when this call isn’t one to send to voicemail. Friends in your contact list who also have an Android phone can signal when this ...

Google launched Android 16 back in June, and with it came a ton of features and updates. Usually, that’s all Google does until the next version, which is expected to be released in beta sometime in ...

Google recently decided that the freedom afforded by Android was a bit too much and announced developer verification, a system that will require developers outside the Google Play platform to register ...

Don’t have the latest A.I.-powered model? There are still plenty of new features in Apple’s iOS 26 and Google’s Android 16 to make your own. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer has been writing ...

Google has released the September 2025 security update for Android devices, addressing a total of 84 vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited flaws. The two flaws that were detected as ...

Google has unveiled the Android 16 statue, a carousel-themed design influenced by Material 3 Expressive. The reveal marks a return to the company’s fun tradition of Android statues, which had paused ...

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 ...