If you need to encrypt a file on your Android device so it can be safely shared with other users, this handy app gets the job ...

Android is the world’s most widely used mobile OS—and a major target for malware. These are the top Android antivirus apps we ...

Google has released Android 17 Beta 4 — the last scheduled beta before stable. It fixed over a dozen critical bug, from ...

A vulnerability in Qualcomm’s Android Bootloader implementation allows unsigned code to run via the “efisp” partition on Android 16 devices. This is paired with a “fastboot” command oversight to ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Android 17 Beta 1 is rolling out to Google Google Pixel 6 and newer devices. If you are on Android 16 beta, update via Settings > System > Software Update. Stable ...

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

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Android users frustrated by clunky workarounds when sharing files with iPhone owners are finally seeing progress. File ...

Android’s Quick Share now works directly with Apple’s AirDrop for seamless file transfers The feature, currently exclusive to the Pixel 10 lineup, allows two-way sharing when AirDrop is set to ...

Google is bringing a massive update to its smartphone ecosystem as its file-sharing tech, QuickShare, is now made interoperable with Apple's AirDrop. This allows sending files from Android to Apple ...