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An updated API available to Android app developers can force users to download the app from Google Play, blocking the app from working if it is sideloaded.

The Galaxy Store is a Google Play Store alternative, or even companion, for Samsung Galaxy devices, but soon using it will require you to make a Samsung account.

The Google Home app is preparing two very overdue additions in the form of a search bar for your devices as well as Material You theme support.

Google TV continues to build on its library of free streaming channels, with the platform now supporting 150 free channels that you can access directly on the homescreen.

A growing number of AT&T subscribers are encountering issues and a lack of 5G connectivity when using their Pixel 9 Pro Fold devices with the US-based network.

“Ask Music” is the name of the AI prompt-based conversational radio in YouTube Music, and it’s seeing wider availability, including internationally, in recent weeks.

Motorola is preparing to launch the Edge 50 Neo in India and, ahead of its full debut, the company has announced that this will be its first smartphone to get five major Android updates, but there’s an obvious question with that.

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Tab S10 series is right around the corner and while leaks point to familiar designs, the duo of slates will apparently feature anti-reflective displays.

Chrome Tab Groups can already be saved across signed-in desktops, but Google will soon sync them with your mobile devices. Meanwhile, Tabs Groups are now available on iOS.

Renders of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra have now been shared, giving a glimpse of the upcoming flagship Android phone – with some minimal changes to the recipe.

Huawei has just launched the world’s first tri-fold smartphone in the Mate XT, with the device arriving in China for a cost of just under $3,000.

Google has started rolling out a “Lite” plan for Google One that has a small storage bump, and an even smaller cost.

Ahead of the Google TV Streamer launching later this month, the next Chromecast with Google TV update (July 2024) is rolling out. While Google is no longer manufacturing new dongles, they will remain on sale until inventory runs out, while software updates continue.

Google is rolling out Pixel Camera 9.5 for Wear OS beyond the Pixel Watch 3 with a handful of usability updates.

After launching a dual-pane design for tablets and foldables, Google Keep for Android now allows you to manually resize the layout for those panes to better take advantage of the screen space.

At the end of May, Google Messages officially announced the ability to edit RCS messages, and editing is now finally seeing wider availability.

One of the things that’s annoyed me most about the iPhone for years now has been the lack of hardware access to the camera app, something that Android phones have been doing for around a decade now. Finally, that’s changing with iPhone 16, and in Apple’s classic fashion, it arrives with some meaningful improvements.