Whether you have privacy concerns or you just want to freely tinker, these are our favorite alternatives to stock Android.

I found an easy way to remove the apps I don't want but my manufacturer pushed anyway.

There are many apps on our phones that we barely touch, while some apps that are actually beneficial fly under the radar. By 2026, the Google Play Store and the App Store have become so saturated that ...

I will quote a lot of times from this official document, see the full document here: https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/nfc/hce This app explains how ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is a senior reviewer with over a decade of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in ...

Perplexity AI unveiled a version of its Comet web browser for mobile devices, extending a rivalry with Google to the search giant’s Android operating system. Comet is available now on Android, and an ...

OnePlus and its parent company, Oppo, have a history of embracing cutting-edge mobile technology. That remains true this year. The OnePlus 15 is one of the first phones to utilize Qualcomm's speedy ...

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 ...

A new side-channel attack called Pixnapping enables a malicious Android app with no permissions to extract sensitive data by stealing pixels displayed by applications or websites, and reconstructing ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...