If you have an Android phone or tablet, Google will email you soon - if it hasn’t already - to say your device will automatically beam its location anonymously to strangers’ compatible gadgets nearby.

In recent years, device location features from Apple, Google, and Samsung have made it easier than ever to find a missing phone. You're often able to fire up a map on your laptop or another device and ...

Google is adding a couple of new features to Android’s safety alert system that will help users find unknown trackers moving with them. The new features cover all tags and tracking devices that ...

Google has released the Android Security Bulletin for January, but there's no sign of the regular Pixel bug fixes for the month.

At the end of May, Google announced the first set of Cross-device services features, with Call casting and Instant hotspot now rolling out to Android devices. Once available on your device, go to: ...

Android users will have more ways to find their devices and other items, Google announced on Tuesday during the Android Show, a week before Google I/O 2025. The company says its Find My Device feature ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. The Android operating system runs on billions of devices worldwide. Most of them are phones, but many of them are also ...

Instead of four times a year, Google will now only release Android source code to AOSP twice a year, once in Q2 and again in ...

These days, having a Google account is essential to a streamlined experience online. Think of it as your key to the most useful applications and services to date — Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, and ...