Starting next year, Android will block the installation of apps from unverified developers, a policy that affects both Play Store and sideloaded apps. The new system requires Android to check if a ...

As we careen toward a future in which Google has final say over what apps you can run, the company has sought to assuage the community’s fears with a blog post and a casual “backstage” video. Google ...

CNET spoke with Google's Sameer Samat and Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian about why they're combining a phone and laptop OS and how they'll do it. David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming ...

Google plans to begin testing its recently announced verification scheme for Android developers in the coming weeks, but there’s still precious little information on how the process will work. F-Droid ...

Ben Khalesi covers the intersection of artificial intelligence and everyday tech at Android Police. With a background in AI and data science, he enjoys making technical topics approachable for those ...

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Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video generators. Her work explores how new AI technology is infiltrating our lives, shaping the content ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. After lagging behind for so long, it’s been wild to see Google come this far in the smartwatch game. If you buy ...

A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer ...

In a world where people fight over Coke vs Pepsi, over vs under toilet roll, or Ohio State vs Michigan, there’s another silent war playing out in many households — Android versus Apple. At our place, ...

Samsung is working on ways to detect Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction (LVSD) using the Galaxy Watch. It has also conducted trials and received approval from South Korea’s Ministry of Food and ...

Google appears poised to integrate its wildly popular Nano Banana image-generation tool into multiple core services, including Google Lens, Circle to Search, and AI Mode, following hints discovered in ...