ChatGPT still wins on personality. When I need a catchy title or a brand story that doesn’t sound like a corporate manual, ...

Google has made several major changes to the Android development cycle in recent years, and as a result, newer versions now arrive a lot earlier than before. The upcoming Android 17 has already ...

Your Android smartwatch should do more than pair seamlessly with your Android phone—it should accurately track your fitness and sleep routines, take calls, play music, offer on-device AI that answers ...

Following the web earlier this week, Gemini is giving the Tools menu on Android and iOS a redesign. There are also changes to My stuff in the side panel. On Android, the “Tools” sheet that slides up ...

It’s all very messy. Even someone like me, whose job is to follow Android, kept getting confused by all the overlapping update cycles and feature releases. So I dug in and tried to make sense of the ...

The new Circle to Search feature isn't the only new safety feature coming to Android. Call Reason is a new feature inside the Phone app that lets users mark a call to a contact as "urgent." That ...

Google announced on Tuesday that it is releasing a slew of Android 16 updates, along with new general Android and accessibility features. The rollout of the new Android 16 features, which are first ...

With the December 2025 security patch, Google is rolling out the stable Android 16 QPR2 update for the Pixel 6, 6 Pro, 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Tablet, Fold, 8, 8 Pro, 8a, 9, 9 Pro, 9 Pro XL, 9 Pro Fold, ...

You might close apps to speed up your phone, but Android already limits idle apps to save battery, so you don't need to micromanage them. Apps like Gmail still run background services to deliver ...

Google is expanding the capabilities of its ‘Identity Check” anti-theft feature in the upcoming Android 16 QPR2 update. This crucial upgrade removes the PIN/password fallback for biometric-enabled ...

Google is working on an improvement to Android’s Identity Check feature where your smartwatch could help verify your identity. Spotted in a beta, this aims to make phone theft protection smoother by ...