Your Android battery may be dying faster than it should—and the culprit isn’t apps, but hidden system settings running quietly in the background.

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

What if building a fully functional app was as simple as sketching out your idea and letting technology handle the rest? With the launch of Google’s Firebase Studio, that vision is now a reality. This ...

Yesterday, Apple and Google announced that they have teamed up to make it easier to switch between Android and iPhone devices. The companies say they have developed new features that make it easier ...

Apple and Google are teaming up to make it easier for users to switch between iPhone and Android smartphones, according to 9to5Google. There is a new Android Canary build available today that ...

David Nield is a technology journalist from Manchester in the U.K. who has been writing about gadgets and apps for more than 20 years. He has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Durham ...

Google announced on Tuesday that it is releasing a slew of Android 16 updates, along with new general Android and accessibility features. The rollout of the new Android 16 features, which are first ...

Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

Doordash, the food delivery app, suffered a major data breach in October but took 19 days before it notified millions of its customers by email that personal information of theirs had been compromised ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Google appears to be slow-rolling a feature improvement to Gmail that will add more information to ...

After adding the “Mark as read” action, Google is modernizing Gmail for Android notifications with photo previews. Previously, Gmail notifications on Android showed the sender, subject line, and body.