Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

My fellow Android phone-owners, start your feature-seeking engines: Some significant new security strengtheners on are their way to your device(s) — and quite possibly already there and just waiting ...

Google released Android 16 a little earlier than anticipated, and the platform did have some significant security enhancements. The need for increased security is growing annually, so this was a ...

Some Xfinity and Metro by T-Mobile customers can’t activate their new Galaxy S25 Ultra phones due to delayed system updates. Xfinity has reportedly informed customers that they can only activate their ...

After initially being limited to Google Assistant-level commands, activating Gemini on the Android lockscreen now lets you ask “general questions.” Before this, Gemini could only control alarms and ...

Google is working on a new method of activating screen savers on Android. A new option will let you trigger the screen saver when your device is charging and “postured,” i.e. it’s upright. This ...