Software updates require a lot of work from your phone, and you'll see that in action for a while when you install an update.

Only a quarter of Android phones have even made it to Android 16.

Compare Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel software support, Android updates, security patches, and long-term value to see which phones age better. Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones represent two ...

November’s Pixel software update is starting to roll out. The rollout is being pushed in phases to devices on Android 15. The update offers several fixes related to Bluetooth, the camera, display ...

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 ...

Every video you watch on a smartphone, tablet, or other device has to be run through some decoder, and AV1 has long been touted as the “next big thing.” To get around AV1 hardware requirements, though ...

Apple and Google, as well as phone manufacturers including Samsung, release software updates to patch security issues and other operating system bugs in iOS and Android code. Delaying the latest ...

Google released the fourth and final Android 15 beta today, three months after releasing the first beta release. You can enroll in the Android Beta for Pixel program ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While the hardware specifications that a tablet offers are an important consideration when buying a new model, software updates are also ...

Android 14 isn’t available to the masses just yet, but Google continues to release builds for the Android 14 beta. Right now we’re at Beta 5.3, which mostly addresses bug fixes, such as carrier ...