Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Obtanium is a must-have app on my Android phone. Here are the essential Android apps I install and update through it.

The Android Canary program officially replaces the long-standing Android Developer Preview program. Unlike Developer Previews, which were limited to early release cycles, the Canary channel offers a ...

You might have noticed some reporting a few days ago that Android 17 was rolling out in beta form, but that didn’t happen. For reasons Google still has not explained, the release was canceled. Two ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Android 17 Beta is officially live and we’ve got it up and running on a Pixel 10 Pro. You could have it on ...

Android 17 is here, and if you’re among the brave souls who can drive early-stage software, the build is already available to download on Pixel smartphones. Google has just rolled out the first test ...

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 ...

It took Android devicemakers a very long time to commit to long-term update support. Samsung and Google have only recently decided to offer seven years of updates for their flagship Android devices, ...

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Google has updated Android’s distribution numbers again, this time revealing that Android 16 is already on 7.5% of devices, with the numbers having shuffled considerably since the previous update.

Google’s upcoming Android 17 will be announced at Google I/O 2026 and is expected to roll out for Pixel devices in June 2026. Android 17 brings several new changes, including a new Material 3 ...