Dual panes, NAS access, and WiFi transfers beat a pretty interface every time.

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

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 ...

Managing storage on a phone or tablet is one of the more annoying tasks we have to commonly deal with. Users are faced with questions of deciding which apps to delete, how much room it will save, and ...

In removing the bottom bar (again), Files by Google is making a pretty notable design change that simplifies the app. Google is getting rid of the file manager’s bottom bar that was home to Clean, ...

Google wasn't initially fond of the idea of having a file manager on Android, seemingly inspired by the locked-down strategy used by Apple on iOS. To its credit, it didn't prevent others from ...

Google is testing Material 3 Expressive components in a beta version of its Files app. Changes include centrally placed, redesigned floating buttons, larger thumbnails, and a new progress bar design.

Despite there being many apps out there that provide easy access to Android's file system, Google only recently made available their own file manager app. Released in November of 2017, Files Go was ...