Android's early years made ES File Explorer stand out. The power-user toolkit did what the stock file manager couldn't. It ...

With the "caller view", users of Google's phone app receive a feature that is similar to the contact posters on the iPhone. The new caller view, as it is officially called, is not only intended for ...

After 14 years of trying to compete with Google Play, Amazon is pulling the plug on its Android Appstore. The tech giant announced that starting August 20, 2025, the alternative app marketplace will ...

Microsoft announced that it will phase out the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices starting in September. Microsoft Lens (formerly known as Office Lens) can convert images into ...

It's fairly common for platform owners like Google to update their first-party apps with a fresh look whenever they introduce a design overhaul to their operating systems to maintain design ...

Google is rolling out the Material 3 Expressive design to the Contacts app via version 4.61.27. The new UI brings a card-based layout, bolder icons, and a cleaner structure for better readability.

NewPipe is an open-source YouTube app for Android and, now, it has Android Auto support. The idea of NewPipe is to offer a lightweight alternative to the standard Android app, and also features ...

Google's latest Android feature is focused on ensuring you have quick access to your communication history. It's called Contact History, and it's found within the Android Contacts app. The latest ...

Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...

Instagram Threads is close to catching up to top competitor X in terms of mobile app users, according to new data from market intelligence provider Similarweb. In June 2025, Threads’ mobile app for ...

Apple usually doesn’t give Android the time of day, but that’s not stopping the company’s Swift coding language from expanding over to Android app development. As it stands today, Android apps are ...