Cell phones have come a long way since they first made their public debut. From calling functionality to SMS to smartphone apps, your phone can now do almost everything a larger PC might. You can use ...

If you're the kind of person who tends to have multiple conversations at once, hopping between your messaging apps and ...

One thing that I thought we’d see more of in 2025 was how Gemini could control your Android phone. There was the May demo and other underlying work, but we don’t have Google’s complete vision yet. At ...

A new piece of Android malware is making the rounds and it has some pretty dire implications for smartphone owners. This is by no means the first scary malware release Android users have seen, though ...

Microsoft has rolled out a significant upgrade to its Phone Link system and the “Link To Windows” app for Android, improving cross-platform connectivity with Windows 11. First and foremost, there’s a ...

Owners of several Pixel and Samsung phones have reported that they cannot properly use Bluetooth audio in their cars. The issue predominantly affects phones in the Pixel 7, 8, and 9 series across the ...

Anu is a Features author at Android Police. You'll find her writing in-depth pieces about automation tools, productivity apps, and explainers. Before joining AP, she used to write for prominent tech ...

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Android Auto is set to receive a small but noticeable interface change that affects one of the most frequently viewed elements during a drive: the media playback progress bar. According to recent ...

Android 16 QPR3 will introduce a subtle feature that reveals which app is accessing a user's location at a given time. The update, which will roll out in March 2026 and is now available via beta, adds ...

In 2025, China’s non-invasive brain–computer interface (BCI) technology passed a critical test—not in a lab, but in the real world. Researchers validated the technology in two very different, ...