Google has quietly dropped support for Android 6.0 Marshmallow, with Play services now requiring at least Android 7.0 or newer.

Dylan Coyle is a reporter for Android Police, and there isn't much he doesn't cover across the Android fold. At a basic level, regardless of how complex a topic is, he tries to make it easier for ...

Google is working on a new version of Chrome for Android that supports browser extensions. Specifically, the company is experimenting with “desktop” builds of Chrome for Android. These “desktop” ...

Android Auto 15.5 is the final version supporting Android 8 Oreo. 19 Xiaomi and Redmi models released between 2016–2018 are affected. Google’s new standard is Android 9 Pie or higher. The change ...

Google just pulled the plug on security updates for Android 12 and 12L as of March 31, 2025. If you’re still using a phone or tablet running these versions, this is a big deal. A ton of Android users ...

The Google I/O annual developer conference is around the corner—May 19—but in what is quickly becoming a tradition, Google announced new features for Android and Gemini a week early. The news came on ...

Google is rolling out a new opt-in feature in Android that aims to help security researchers investigate spyware attacks. The feature is called “Intrusion Logging” and is part of Android’s Advanced ...

Over the years, mobile operating system updates have become more incremental than innovative. The newest Android release is a prime example of that. Android 16, like Android 15 before it, offers ...

Android 15 is the latest version of Google's mobile OS. Following the release of a crop of new Pixel devices launched with last year's Android 14 this summer, the long-awaited update is finally here.