I used plenty of apps this year, but which were the best of the best? These are my favorite Android apps from 2025.

Android ships with a long list of Google apps, but a handful quietly deliver far more value than their icons suggest. I focus ...

Most stock apps on an Android phone are basic. Most users rely on them since they are installed by default on most Android smartphones, usually missing useful features in third-party alternatives. For ...

Barcode readers, document scanners, and sound meters are just a few clunky gadgets you can ditch by installing these ...

Getting out of bed—switching from the coziness of sleep to the jarring reality of the day—can be a challenge for anyone. But, as the saying goes, there's an app for that. Or, in this case, several ...

Google’s prepping some changes to Android backups, including backups for your downloads folder and per-app backup settings. Downloads folder backups are getting a warning that file edits won’t be ...

Google today previewed the next-generation version of Android, which has an updated design language that's more expressive, and a range of new features. One of the main new additions is Live Updates, ...