The expected Pixel update schedule has changed in the past year for the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series. The Pixel 6 and Pixel 7 series of phones are nearing their End of Life status, as the Pixel 6 is ...

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Samsung is now rolling out its Android 17-based update, One UI 9, to its collection of supported Galaxy smartphones and tablets. Here’s the full list of devices that have been updated so far, and what ...

When Google announced Android 17 at Google I/O 2026, it also marked the arrival of Android Auto 17. Android Auto 17 added many new features, with Google primarily focusing on Gemini AI's deeper ...

Your phone doesn't blare an alarm the day it stops getting security patches; there's no banner warning or anything else like that. Support simply ends, and your device keeps working exactly as it did ...

Following last month’s big QPR1 update, Google is rolling out the October 2026 security patch for Android 17 on the Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, 7, 7 Pro, 7a, Tablet, Fold, 8, 8 Pro, 8a, 9, 9 Pro, ...

Samsung is rolling out the September 2026 security patch for the Galaxy S24 series and Galaxy S24 FE. The update fixes 90 security issues but does not include the stable version of One UI 9.0 based on ...

Google has revealed that Android app support on Googlebooks is a little more complicated than first claimed. The company says that a “small handful” of Android apps need to be tweaked by developers to ...

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Samsung's One UI 9 update is being brought to Galaxy phones, with a rollout that began on September 16 and has been spreading to more and more devices. If you live in the right region and have the ...