Don't let apps go rogue with app permissions.

A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

Start using a new app and you’ll often be asked to grant it permissions. But blindly accepting them could expose you to ...

Google introduced Android XR, its upcoming extended (XR) operating system, for virtual reality and mixed reality-based headsets in December last year. Soon after, Samsung introduced its first Android ...

As for the mobile update, Android 17 Beta 2 is adding a few building blocks for developers. The new tools are privacy-focused ...

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...

Google is testing a new approximate location option for Chrome’s Android app. Unlike Android’s system-level location controls for apps, the new option should give users more granular control over the ...

Flashlight apps are a dying breed. Google began adding them to Android as early as Lollipop, and OEMs have included them on their OEM skins for far longer. The need for this dwindles as the market ...