Special permissions allow Android apps access to system-wide resources—you should check which apps have access to what.

You can run any ADB command on your phone without ever connecting it to a PC.

I test Android phones for a living, but I write about them using a company-supplied MacBook Air. Both platforms are great in ...

If you've listened to a podcast, any podcast, in the past decade or so, you've probably heard of Squarespace. You can probably even recite the ads, "Whether it's for your business, your blog, your ...

The other day, Google announced that it will release a new version of its Android Automotive Operating System (AAOS) that will be entirely open-source and focused on more “software-defined” vehicles.

We've seen a small number of modular phones with replaceable parts over the last few years, and Lenovo's been following Framework's lead in developing a modular laptop. What if you're in the market ...

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

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Mobile Aware: Google surprised everyone when it added support for Apple's AirDrop sharing technology to its Pixel 10 family late last year. The feature, which makes it far easier to share data between ...

The open_slate is an upcoming tablet with a 12 inch, 2.4K IPS LCD display, a MediaTek Genio 720 processor and support for up to 16GB of RAM and 256GB of onboard storage. But what makes it unlike most ...

One of the changes that we've seen in phones over recent years has been more control over the file systems. Having previously hidden away a lot of the local storage structure, Android and iOS now both ...