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Android is Google’s open mobile operating system, powering phones and tablets from Samsung, Google, OnePlus, Motorola, and many more. Here you’ll find news on Android updates and features, setup guides and tips, and comparisons with iOS. Whether you’re flashing a custom ROM or just tweaking settings, this tag covers the Android world.
Android’s September Drop adds Motion Assist, which puts moving dots around your screen to ease car sickness. Here is the science behind it, how to switch it on, and how it compares to the version Apple shipped in 2024.
Burgundy is the hero color of the iPhone 18 Pro, and Poco, Tecno, Huawei and Xiaomi already have phones in nearly the same shade. Nobody copied anything in two days. The real timeline started in spring, and it says a lot about how phones are sold now.
Daily Brief has left the Gemini paywall and is rolling out to free users in the US. Switching it on means connecting Gmail, Calendar and Gemini’s memory, which is a different kind of price than $20 a month.
European listings put the Galaxy A17 4G at 289.90 euros and the A17 5G at 319.90 euros with 8 GB and 256 GB. Here is the full spec comparison and whether 5G is worth the extra thirty euros.
A new Galaxy ships configured for a shop display. These ten One UI settings, with the exact paths, fix the refresh rate, the animations, the ads, the battery and the side button in about five minutes.
Huawei announced the Mate XT 2 Ultimate Design on September 7, a second-generation tri-fold that folds inward instead of wrapping around itself. It arrives five months after Samsung quietly stopped selling the tri-fold everyone said was the future.
We compared the Galaxy Watch 8, Pixel Watch 4, OnePlus Watch 3 and budget Wear OS alternatives to find the right Android smartwatch for every kind of buyer in 2026.
Motorola brought a Swarovski encrusted Razr to IFA 2026 and it took most of the attention. The more interesting announcement was the Edge 70 Plus, a mid-range phone with bypass charging, a battery feature that most flagships still bury inside a gaming menu.
The Xiaomi 18 Fold launches September 7 with a processor Xiaomi designed and memory made by a Chinese supplier. It is the first phone in the world to ship LPDDR6, and in a year when memory prices are reshaping every spec sheet, owning both pieces is worth more than any benchmark score.
A researcher showed that a WhatsApp video call can open the full photo gallery on a locked Android phone, with no PIN, pattern or fingerprint anywhere in the chain. It worked on a fully patched Pixel and failed on a Galaxy. Here is the thirty second permission change that shuts it down.