When you get a new phone, it is a good idea to debloat it. This means removing pre-installed stock or sponsored apps you don't want or don't plan to use. Preloaded social media apps are a great ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Google’s next Android update looks set to come with a critical new ...

Google is rolling out the Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1 update to compatible Pixel devices, and among the build’s headline features is a new privacy-related feature: a location indicator (via Android ...

Google recently pushed out the Android QPR3 update, and, among the many changes that come with the update, there’s a new location notification present to better alert users when an app is accessing ...

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...

Google launched Android Emergency Live Video on Wednesday, which allows people to stream video when contacting emergency responders. This feature could help give first responders extra context in ...

Sharing your phone's camera footage can give first responders a better sense of what's happening and how to help. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, internet trends, ...

Emilee Rader receives funding from the National Science Foundation. If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for ...

Android 16 is enhancing user privacy with a new system that adjusts how approximate location data is handled. Until now, Android has offered two location accuracy options: precise and approximate.

Google giveth — and Google taketh away. If there’s one thing we’ve learned as Android-adoring animals over the years, it’s that you can’t ever fully count on Google to stick with something forever.

Rahul Naskar has years of experience writing news and features related to Android, phones, and apps. Outside the tech world, he follows global events and developments shaping the world of geopolitics.

Various Google services on top of the mobile operating system make up the modern Android experience. Google is now adding a new ‘System services’ settings page to manage all the background services ...