Update, February 13, 2026 (02:39 PM ET): We’re a couple days behind schedule now, but Google has finally confirmed the arrival of Android 17 Beta 1. Update, February 11, 2026 (02:20 PM ET): While ...

Update, February 13, 2026 (02:31 PM ET): We’re a couple days behind schedule now, but Google has finally confirmed the arrival of Android 17 Beta 1. Update, February 11, 2026 (02:21 PM ET): While ...

Just three days ago, Google confirmed that Android 17 Beta 1 is coming, and now it’s here. We weren’t expecting the first beta to be released so quickly, but it’s here with improvements to privacy, ...

Given the continuous Android Canary channel, the next major version of Google’s mobile OS is debuting as a Beta release. Android 17 Beta 1 is rolling out today to Pixel devices. Android Canary was ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Voice-to-text on Android is really good if you’re using a Pixel, and pretty hit or miss everywhere else. But the new “Wispr Flow” app promises some big improvements to voice-to-text on Android, all ...

Android 17 Beta 2 introduced several visual and functional upgrades, as highlighted by 9to5Google. Here, you can see how they look, ranging from Bubbles to a more privacy-friendly Contacts picker. The ...

Android users are poised to anywhere between $100 to $135 million as part of two new Google settlements. Android users accused Google of programming its Android operating system to collect their ...

Texting has evolved over the years to become a better version, like almost every other piece of tech. The core idea is still the same, but now with plenty of features that give you more control over ...

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Google is currently testing a new feature for the Messages app that lets users copy only certain parts of a message through a granular selection system. This long-overdue update fixes a big problem ...