Modern Android phones hide a menu called Developer Options. Most people never touch it. But if you've ever wanted to understand what your phone is doing under the hood, this is where you look. Go to ...

OnePlus exec Rudolf Xu explains why Qualcomm decided to develop the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, and why OnePlus has decided to use it ...

Imagine most of your phone being secure, free from malicious snooping, save for the pixels on the screen. That's the idea behind 'pixnapping', a new form of attack that U.S. researchers from several ...

The always-on display, or AOD, is one of the most convenient features common to newer Android phones. Thanks to battery-friendly OLED smartphone displays, which only illuminate the pixels being used ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. In early July, Google announced that Pixel 6a phones would be getting a "mandatory" update to Android 16. For some Pixel 6a ...

While iOS devices have often been hailed as having superior security features to Android competitors, recent improvements ...

Check out the key Quick Share use cases and facts, from offline file transfers to cross-platform sharing across Android, ...

Nobody outside Google seems to have seen this coming: a new update from Google means that Apple’ AirDrop will work between iPhones and Android. But will Apple close it?

The smoothness of a mobile crypto game isn’t just about security or code—it’s about how the game feels while running on a phone. Connection drops, background apps, or battery-saving features can all ...