Google has released Android 17 in beta for Pixel devices, skipping the usual Developer Preview given the arrival of ...

From swirling updates to confusing convergence and more than a few wacky experiments, 2026 is looking to be anything but uneventful for Google's Android platform. It’s hard to believe, but here we be ...

Participants in the Android Beta Program get first dibs on the next update, which is set to land in official form next year Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on ...

Ben Khalesi writes about where artificial intelligence, consumer tech, and everyday technology intersect for Android Police. With a background in AI and Data Science, he’s great at turning geek speak ...

The vast majority of Android games use touchscreen controls, which makes sense since most Android devices are smartphones or tablets. However, there’s a growing number of Android games you can play ...

“Google does not own your phone,” Android users are warned, as a controversial new update suddenly becomes real. “You own your phone. You have the right to decide who to trust.” That may be true. But ...

Whether you've just gotten Android 16 or you've had it in front of you for months, you're bound to find something new and useful in this collection of off-the-beaten-path pointers. Well, this is ...

CyanogenMod just announced that nightly builds of CM10.2 will be soon released for three new devices. The handsets that have been added on the CM10.2 supported list are LG G2, Nexus 7 LTE, and Nexus Q ...

Meta’s AI research team has released a new large language model (LLM) for coding that enhances code understanding by learning not only what code looks like, but also what it does when executed. The ...

What if your code could think beyond syntax, anticipating bugs, predicting outcomes, and even reasoning through complex problems? Enter Meta’s Code World Model (CWM-32B), a innovative leap in ...

Google will restrict sideloading with developer verification. The move mirrors Apple's long-standing security approach. Android loses one of its last big differences from iOS. For years, one of the ...

Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...