GrapheneOS will support Motorola smartphones in the future. The GrapheneOS developers already said in October 2025 that they were working with a major manufacturer to offer the secure custom ROM on ...

A recent leak suggests Android 17 could gain even more blur effects, and we’ve obtained images showing some of these new elements. The images show that the volume menu and pop-up volume slider could ...

From swirling updates to confusing convergence and more than a few wacky experiments, 2026 is looking to be anything but uneventful for Google's Android platform. It’s hard to believe, but here we be ...

“Google does not own your phone,” Android users are warned, as a controversial new update suddenly becomes real. “You own your phone. You have the right to decide who to trust.” That may be true. But ...

Installing CyanogenMod on your Android device is a great way of getting the best out of it. Even if you are the user of one of the most recent flagship device such as HTC One M9 or Samsung Galaxy S6, ...

The CyanogenMod team has officially announced that its CM 10.2.1 Android OS has been finalized as the last step of their release process for their Android 4.3 code. From the very beginning, we want to ...

Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...

Another year, another version of Google’s mobile operating system. Android 16 brings a whole new look (Apple also just announced a redesign in iOS 26), more customization options, some chunky security ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Android has a serious problem — and it’s now getting worse. This ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...