Now on its fourth edition, Google today published the 2017 Year in Review of Android Security. The in-depth report highlights last year’s launch of Play Protect, as well as platform level changes as a ...

Arguably, 2017 has not been a good year for Android TV due to stagnation at the hardware level. While the platform has expanded at the software level with a number of new apps arriving, a number of ...

2017 is coming to an end, which means it’s time for us to look back at some of the key moments in the world of Android, the good and the bad. Video: Best of Android 2017 – the phone of the year is ...

The number of ransomware infections on Android devices has gone down in 2017, according to an end-of-year report published by ESET last week. Android ransomware numbers have been on a general decline ...

is a former senior reviewer who worked at The Verge from 2011 until May 2025. His coverage areas included audio, home theater, smartphones, and more. Google’s numerous safeguards designed to prevent ...

Ransomware in 2017 saw users and businesses across the globe trying to cope with campaigns such as Petya and WannaCryptor. Not to be outdone, Android ransomware had a year full of innovative ...

If you want to get the most out of your smartphone, then you need to install some of the apps from our list of top 25 paid Android apps in 2017. As you can see, we have a pretty big list to share with ...

2017 saw a nice bunch of useful and inventive apps hit the Play store, and a number of our older favorites got some notable updates too. We’ve rounded up 30 of our favorites from our testing through ...

Apple got a lot of attention in 2017 when it launched three new smartphones instead of just two. This is no great shakes for Android fans, who are inundated with literally hundreds of new phones every ...

There are currently more than 2 billion monthly active Android device users - as the popularity of the operating system grows, hackers churn out new ways to steal personal or financial data, falsify ...

In the auto industry, much like in the tech sector, it's always out with the old and in with the new. Considering how fast ...

Matthew is the Apps and Games Editor at Android Police. He's been gaming since his first taste of a TI-99 at four years old. Matthew has been an Android user since the HTC Hero and has covered ...