Google rebuilt Android’s kernel using AutoFDO and real app data, boosting performance, speeding system calls, and improving app launches.

You can plug in your phone, download an emulator, or install the Google Play Store to access Android apps on your computer. Some tinkering may be required.

Android phones are evolving fast in 2026, with AI-native features, massive batteries, robot-inspired cameras, and creaseless foldables changing mobile tech.

Google expands Gemini in Chrome to India, New Zealand, and Canada, adding 50-plus languages as it broadens the AI browser rollout worldwide.

Google is introducing a new optimization trick to make the core of Android run faster by studying how phones are actually used.

Google is working on some behind-the-scenes changes that should make Android phones feel faster while also improving battery ...

Home Assistant has released version 2026.3, which is a smaller update that focuses on cleaning up and improving features that are already in place. Rather than adding a lot of big new headline items, ...

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But he is curious and being open to new AI technologies has helped Alex Santos create an app that will make the lives of many people easier. Its name: Passenger.ie. When Alex moved to Mayo, he started ...

Google has introduced stronger Android authentication safeguards and enhanced recovery tools to make smartphones more challenging targets for thieves. These updated Android theft protection features ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Updated on Jan. 13 with further updates on locking apps on Android.

Nothing is more frustrating than trying to browse the web on a sluggish, unresponsive phone. You're trying to read the morning news, and you can't do that without running into issues like sudden ...