Google on Wednesday released the first beta of Android 17, which brings performance improvements and a way to add new features to media and camera apps. Most importantly, it’s changing how developers ...

We look at when you can trust A.I. with your health, and when you can’t. By Sam Sifton I am the host of this newsletter. For hypochondriacs, A.I. chatbots are a windfall. Ask the computer a few ...

A recent leak suggests Android 17 could gain even more blur effects, and we’ve obtained images showing some of these new elements. The images show that the volume menu and pop-up volume slider could ...

Set to launch in 2026, XREAL Aura is the first pair of see-through AR glasses to run Android XR. Here are the impressions from my first hands-on. During a recent meeting with Google, the company ...

This update decision comes as a surprise. Updated on Dec. 6 with a more detailed Android threat assessment and the news that Google has issued attack warnings for targeted users around the world.

A job listing reveals the first details of Google’s fusion of Android and ChromeOS. A job listing reveals the first details of Google’s fusion of Android and ChromeOS. is a news editor with over a ...

The Fairphone (Gen. 6) a smartphone with a 6.3 inch, 120 Hz OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 processor, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. But what makes it stand out is that, like other ...

What’s happened? Last year, Google launched a Live Threat Detection feature that notifies users when a malicious app is detected. Now, the company is preparing to make some changes to it. Why is this ...

As previewed last month, activating the Gemini overlay in Chrome for Android now lets you quickly Summarize pages. This “Summarize page” chip joins the existing “Share screen with Live” and “Ask about ...

Gemini overlay in Google Chrome for Android gets a new Summarize page shortcut. This summarizes the web page in a floating window, which you can further expand or ask follow-up questions. This ...