You can take control of just how heavily your apps sap resources in the background, if you know where to look.

Most drivers stick with Android Auto's default setup from the moment they connect their phone, never realizing just how much of the display can be reshaped to fit their habits. From rearranging your ...

Camera Raw now has a grid view with ratings, color labels, and a full filter bar, so you can cull and sort a folder of raw files without going near a Lightroom catalog. If you've stayed away from ...

This summer, the popular games studio Bungie ended development on the long-running, live-service game Destiny 2. As an avid player who had chewed through all the content that game had to offer, I ...

Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5 is rolling out today to continue the development cycle ahead of the stable December launch. Over the coming hours, we’ll dive into all of Android 17 QPR2 Beta 5’s new features ...

An upcoming update to Google Photos on Android may allow users to disable enlarged “Feature photos” in their main gallery feed. The new setting gives users a symmetrical, consistent thumbnail grid ...

An Android phone can replace several everyday gadgets — that’s nothing new. But what most people don’t realize is that it goes well beyond the obvious stuff like cameras, flashlights, radios, and ...

Entertainment and news media have seen shocking shake-ups over the past year. From late 2024 through this year, major TV anchors and hosts have abruptly exited their roles at top networks, while ...

Exactly one week ago, I picked up the new Galaxy Fold 8 and put my SIM card in it with a lot of excitement and a bunch of questions. Is the new passport form factor too wide and weird? Will it replace ...

Android Auto just rolled out a huge upgrade, and while it doesn’t include any new functionality, it does provide one of the biggest visual upgrades to Google Maps I’ve ever seen. As someone who relies ...

I've been covering Android and other mobile technology for close to ten years now, with a specific interest in phone accessories, e-readers, and what makes each individual phone different from another ...

Google on Tuesday released the final version of its Android 17 operating system, as well as its counterpart for smartwatches, Wear OS 7. The latest release, which arrives first on its own Pixel ...