As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the new best smartphone, the majority of consumers don't ...

Android offers convenient built-in backup tools, but these don’t automatically save every file on your phone. Google appears to be working on a new option to explicitly back up downloaded files. At ...

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Google’s next Android 16 QPR2 update aims to introduce two major features. The first is a smarter AI that can control other apps, while the second is a new parental control system that uses a PIN for ...

Treat data backups as insurance. Backups are your primary defense against ransomware, which encrypts your files and demands ...

You’ll be taken back to your Google chat session. Click the blue right-pointing arrow to the right of the chat box; a panel ...

Files by Google is the latest first-party app to get M3 Expressive redesign. The general layout is mostly unchanged with this update focused on updating components. The redesign starts with an ...

Android phones launch throughout the year, so there’s always a new phone to look forward to at any point. Thanks to this never-ending cycle and the ups and downs on discounts, phone recommendations ...

Google’s Quick Share, a convenient tool for transferring files across Android devices, Chromebooks, and Windows PCs, may soon bridge the gap with Apple devices. Traditionally, iPhones and Macs have ...

Deutsche Telekom, the parent company of T-Mobile, launched 2 devices, the T Phone 3 and T Tablet 2. Both devices run the Magenta AI operating system based on Android 15 and powered by Perplexity AI.

This New Snapdragon Chip Makes Mid-Range Android Phones Better Than Ever More AI, ultra-wide display options and camera improvements are set to come to mid-range phones that use the Qualcomm ...

Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and cameras to photo editing software and ...