Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Play Store alternatives that actually respect your privacy.

While I knew that Play Protect has its flaws, needing to fix a device with problematic apps made me realize how bad the ...

Republished on March 16th with further reports into dangerous Android apps and the release of new Android protections for millions of users. What a week for Play Store. Google has been busy with its ...

Google is clearly on a mission to make Android ever more like iPhone when it comes to privacy and security. But one battlefield where Android continues to trail iPhone by some distance is app safety ...

Your papers, please.

In addition to large-screen app badges, Google Play Store version 51.2 will bring subscription info in reviews and more ...

Epic Games has successfully forced Google to change its Play Store business model following the conclusion of a 2020 antitrust lawsuit. A U.S. judge today decided that the Google Play Store has an ...

Google is bringing its AI technology to the Play Store. At this week’s developer event, Google I/O, the company announced several new ways for developers to use its AI to build and optimize their ...

I have a problem. I keep too many of my apps open on my phone. I do it because I constantly check my feeds and then forget to close them out. Google’s latest Android feature could finally offer a new ...