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 ...

A switch from an Apple iPhone to an Android one may sound scary, but a few essential steps can make the move easier to do. I started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) ...

It’s hard to believe, but 2026 is almost upon us. It’s a new year for renewed resolutions, fresh starts, and — unfortunately — more expensive smartphones. As AI continues to get bigger, companies are ...

Google's December 2025 security update patched 107 vulnerabilities for Android devices. For a complete catalog of all the issues, you can refer to the update notes hosted on the the Android Security ...

The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target ...

The Android smartphone market is pretty big in the United States, with nearly 40% share of the total mobile phones sold in the country. Multiple manufacturers continuously vie to grab whatever ...

How to Fix Smartphone Microphone Issues: Companies include microphones in phones so that your voice is clearly audible to the person on the other end of the call. Sometimes, as a smartphone gets older ...

2025 was an eventful year for the Android phone ecosystem. Between the full-blown adoption of silicon-carbon batteries, Qualcomm’s Apple-rivaling Snapdragon 8 Elite processor, and more phones with ...

After a somewhat underwhelming release last year, privacy-focused brand Punkt is back with the new MC03 smartphone, which is based on Android and ships with “AphyOS,” and coming to the US this year.

The year 2025 ended on a solid note for smartphones. Apple finally embraced a fresh design for its Pro phones, armed them with all-big sensors, and equipped them with a vapor chamber, while ...

Coming from the same company that revived a physical keyboard for your smartphone, the “Clicks Communicator” is a dedicated piece of hardware that acts as a phone for your phone and is all about ...

A PopSocket is one of the handiest accessories for the back of your phone, helping secure the device between your fingers and reducing your chances of dropping it. And while the company is known for ...