While Android phones have generally gotten better at software updates, here are a few manufacturers infamous for their ...

Motorola’s Android 17 list covers more than 50 phones, but missing models raise bigger questions about software support and device longevity.

November’s Pixel software update is starting to roll out. The rollout is being pushed in phases to devices on Android 15. The update offers several fixes related to Bluetooth, the camera, display ...

Long software support is arguably as important as good hardware for a tablet's longevity. Here are some Android tablets that ...

Google has quietly dropped support for Android 6.0 Marshmallow, with Play services now requiring at least Android 7.0 or newer.

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Software updates are vital as they provide new features, fix bugs, and improve your phone's security. However, updates can occasionally fail. Your phone may freeze, restart, or malfunction. You may ...

Apple and Google, as well as phone manufacturers including Samsung, release software updates to patch security issues and other operating system bugs in iOS and Android code. Delaying the latest ...

Google released the fourth and final Android 15 beta today, three months after releasing the first beta release. You can enroll in the Android Beta for Pixel program ...

Every video you watch on a smartphone, tablet, or other device has to be run through some decoder, and AV1 has long been touted as the “next big thing.” To get around AV1 hardware requirements, though ...