Sideloading Android apps is great — until you have to update them. Here's my fix

Still manually updating sideloaded apps on your Android phone? Obtainium automates the update process, saving you time and ...

How I turned my old Android phone into a streaming stick for free - in 6 easy steps

Go to Settings, then Display, and increase the screen timeout to 30 minutes or more. For a more permanent solution, I enable ...
The New York Times

How to Remove Apps You Never Use (or at Least Hide Them)

If you need space back on your phone or tablet, removing built-in and unused apps can help free up storage and reduce screen clutter. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to get more ...
PCMag

Android 17 Beta 4.1 Is Now Live: Here's Every Feature You Can Test and Eligible Phones

Can't wait to try out Google's version of Handoff and revamped Android Auto? Here's how to get the latest Android 17 beta on your Pixel phone today.
Wired

Android Is Fighting Phone Scams With a New Feature to Prove Who’s Calling

Available for Android 12 and later, the anti-scam feature is baked into Google Dialer, which sends a silent “confirmation signal” to ensure whoever’s calling you is who they appear to be. “I'm so ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Create Multi-platform Apps with .NET MAUI and the MAUI Community Toolkit

.NET MAUI gives teams a practical path to one codebase across iOS, Android, macOS and Windows while keeping platform-specific code organized. MAUI Community Toolkit controls such as CameraView and ...
TechCrunch

Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...
Android Police

Google is fixing one of Android’s most annoying calling problems

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...
WeLiveSecurity

Fake call logs, real payments: How CallPhantom tricks Android users

There’s an app for everything nowadays… right? Well, looking up call records for a phone number of choice is not one of those things, as potentially millions of Android users found out after paying ...
Ars Technica

Microsoft issues emergency update for macOS and Linux ASP.NET threat

Microsoft released an emergency patch for its ASP.NET Core to fix a high-severity vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to gain SYSTEM privileges on devices that use the Web development ...
Tom's Guide

I haven’t answered a scam call in months — this hidden iPhone feature is why

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Engadget

Google begins calling out battery-killing Android apps

Google is living up to its word and posting warning labels for battery-killing apps. 9to5Google spotted Google's rollout announcement, which the company previously said would arrive on March 1. The ...