Last year, Google announced it was accelerating Android’s release schedule. In the past, Google typically rolled out a single Android release each year with new APIs for developers. Starting in 2025, ...

Our team tests, rates, and reviews more than 1,500 products each year to help you make better buying decisions and get more from technology. Android 16 has a handful of useful new features, but a ...

Android security update adds preventative user blocks. Update, May 16, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, has been updated with news of more security features that have either arrived or ...

Google is bringing scam-call protection to older Android phones. Learn which versions qualify, how the safeguard works, and how to check for updates.

Over the years, mobile operating system updates have become more incremental than innovative. The newest Android release is a prime example of that. Android 16, like Android 15 before it, offers ...

Google’s new Android verification flow adds a 24-hour wait for apps from unverified developers as broader identity checks approach. Google’s new Android sideloading flow adds friction for unverified ...

Google I/O 2025 is still a week out, but Google shared a taste of the updates coming to Android and the larger Android Ecosystem at a separate event today, dubbed The Android Show: I/O Edition.

Google announced plans to begin banning the sideloading of applications on Android devices in select regions, starting with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand. The tech giant was referring to ...

Android 17, Google's latest model of mobile operating system, is officially available — at least for owners of Pixel phones. Google also released a new Pixel Drop and the latest operating system for ...

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