Google says that through 2025, it blocked more than 255,000 Android apps from obtaining excessive access to sensitive user data and rejected over 1.75 million apps from being published on Google Play ...

A New Google Update Is Making Android Setup Less of a Chore Your email has been sent Ever feel like setting up a brand-new phone is a bit of a chore? Google just shaved a few steps off that process.

SEJ STAFF Brooke Osmundson Director of Growth Marketing at Smith Micro Software On the first episode of the Google Ads Decoded podcast, host Ginny Marvin sat down with Eleanor Stribling, Group Product ...

Apple and Google's app stores are hosting dozens of "nudify" apps that can take people's photos and use AI to generate nude images of them, according to watchdog group Tech Transparency Project. After ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

After adding Personal Intelligence to Gemini as an opt-in experience, Google has announced that it’s also integrating the feature into AI Mode in Search. What Personal Intelligence does is pull ...

Google app’s Voice Search is finally getting a major redesign on Android. This change modernizes the interface with some subtle tweaks. You will now see a large Google “G” logo at the top center of ...

Three Democratic senators called on Apple and Google to suspend Elon Musk's Grok and X apps from their stores. X and Grok, both owned by xAI, have recently enabled users to easily create and share ...

If you're an Android user, you likely have Gmail on your phone. It's one of those essential apps that many rely on every day for work and personal use. Other than Gmail, Android users have other ...

The Google app is replacing the Pixel Launcher search. Tapping the Pixel Launcher search bar opens the Google app. This appears to be an intentional change rather than a bug. This change means you now ...

Google is shutting down its Weather shortcut for non-Pixel Android users. While Pixel smartphones will retain the Pixel Weather app, other Android users will be directed to a new Google Search ...

Justin Pot is a freelance journalist who helps people get more out of technology. November 19, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Back in the Windows XP days, ...