An app drawer is the menu on your Android phone where you can see all of your installed apps and open them. It's one of the ...

Using these self-hosted services has been made easier and more convenient thanks to their Android apps and shortcuts.

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

Seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs were delivering multiple malware families to Google Play users. This malware infiltration was discovered by Zscaler's ThreatLabs ...

Google is slowly rolling out new rules for sideloading on Android. Starting next year, developers in some regions will have to verify themselves in order to distribute apps. Without verification, you ...

Google has introduced new requirements for app developers, aimed to make sideloading apps on Android devices safer. Beginning September 2026, app developers distributing apps outside the Play Store ...

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...

Android's open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 finally lets you force dark mode in all your apps with the new ‘Extended’ dark mode toggle. When enabled, this automatically inverts the light areas in the app interface. Google ...

Watching YouTube in the car has so far been banned for an obvious reason. Keeping your eyes on anything else but the road can be dangerous, and if you believe you can refrain from looking at the ...

Google has announced that starting next year, all Android apps—including sideloaded ones—will require developer verification. The move could make sideloading trickier but is aimed at reducing fake ...

Apps loaded with malware have been a problem on Android phones for years, and a key reason behind it is the open nature of the operating system. Unlike iOS, which only allows installation of apps from ...