Google has just announced the release of Android 17 Beta 1 with performance improvements, H.266/VVC video codec support, smoother camera mode transitions, ...

A recent leak suggests Android 17 could gain even more blur effects, and we’ve obtained images showing some of these new elements. The images show that the volume menu and pop-up volume slider could ...

A Google bug report on the Chromium Issue Tracker today has inadvertently leaked the Android desktop interface for the first time. The bug report published today about Chrome Incognito tabs was ...

Your Android phone has a host of system apps and services, all with their own tasks. One such app is Android System Intelligence. Google has named the app rather broadly and vaguely, and it’s not ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Turning off your smartphone is a great way to fix malfunctioning apps or apply setting changes. While you may think there is only one way to turn off your Android phone or iPhone, there are multiple ...

Enable the Linux terminal on any Android device, and you can create or practice your bash scripting on the go.

With over a decade of experience reporting on consumer technology, James covers mobile phones, apps, operating systems, wearables, AI, and more.