First, open the Settings app on your phone and scroll down to Connected devices. From there, tap Android Auto. On the Android Auto settings page, scroll to the bottom and tap Version repeatedly. After ...

In a smartphone market obsessed with folding screens, ultra-fast charging speeds, and four-figure price tags, it’s easy to feel left behind if all you want is a phone that just works. Not everyone ...

Googlebooks pull over Android phone data, settings, passwords, contacts, and apps automatically at setup, with Material 3 Expressive bringing a familiar Pixel-like design to the desktop, a new ...

Pigs are probably flying because there’s no other explanation for today’s new update. Google is finally updating Google Maps on Android Auto with a customization feature that should have been there ...

When it comes to keeping your Android smartphone up to date, most people think of OS updates and security patches. Meanwhile, ensuring these updates go through easily is as simple as enabling an ...

Ali has spent more than a decade covering consumer technology, with a knack for looking beyond the specs, tinkering with software, and uncovering the bigger stories behind Android, Google, Apple, and ...

Whether you’re charging overnight at home or on the go, these are the fastest, most dependable Android chargers we’ve tested. The best Android charger might seem obvious, but it can depend heavily on ...

Android Auto does a solid job of mirroring your phone's most useful apps on your car's infotainment screen. From maps to music and messaging, Android Auto handles the expected tasks just fine. But ...

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

Google is making a much bigger push into AI-powered app development. Some of the new tools announced at Google I/O 2026 feel surprisingly ambitious, even by Google standards. The biggest update is ...

Antivirus software is the first app many people install on a new Android phone or tablet, even today. Most do it to protect their device from malware and web-based threats. As surprising as it may ...