Google’s malware scanning Play Protect service will now automatically turn off an Android app’s permissions if it’s potentially harmful. The feature is designed to prevent malicious apps from having access to your phone’s storage, photos, camera, and more.

Sam Bright, the lead at Google Play, said the "ultimate goal" is to have Android games and apps work seamlessly across mobile, XR, and TV.

The regulator ruled that Google had unfairly used its dominance to strongarm device manufacturers and network operators into making sure that traffic on Android devices went to its own search engine.

Despite some recent headlines, iPhones remain safer than Androids given Apple’s tighter restrictions and control of its ecosystem. But Google is catching up — and Samsung is moving even faster to narrow the gap. Now, a new Android upgrade for 2025 could make Androids more like iPhones than ever before — but there’s a twist.

Google's app store is encountering an issue on Android devices that's hampering user experiences.

Google accused European Union antitrust watchdogs of blundering their way through a probe that culminated in a record €4.3 billion ($4.5 billion) fine for allegedly abusing the market power of its Android mobile-phone ecosystem.

Google is officially launching a new Android security feature for Pixel devices with Android 15 to prevent phone thieves from accessing your digital accounts. The feature, called Identity Check, requires biometric authentication to access some account and device settings when you’re not at a trusted location (such as your home or your workplace).

Android 16 is finally entering the beta stage, after a couple of developer previews in November and December. Now that it has entered the beta stage, you

One of the main selling points of Android Auto is the integration of Google Maps into your dashboard, with the bonus of controlling all of your podcasts. The car friendly UI is, in general, pretty simple and readable at a glance. Unfortunately, a new update to Android Auto is annoying some drivers with a new centered arrow review.

Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride-sharing and food delivery, following yesterday’s reveal of a similar feature in Samsung’s Galaxy S25 phones.

Speaking of tablets and foldables, if you’re rockin’ such a plus-sized device and you’ve got a reasonably recent Android version on it, you can spin yourself into a split in a split-second simply by summoning the taskbar in the Android large-screen environment.