It’s never fun to be in last place. Google has been coasting along with its Android tablets and Chromebooks for years, playing second fiddle to the bigger players in the game. But the company has a ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Gemini will replace Google Assistant in Android Auto, the smartphone projection technology integrated into millions of cars, trucks, and SUVs. Google announced the move Thursday, noting that Gemini ...

Whether you've just gotten Android 16 or you've had it in front of you for months, you're bound to find something new and useful in this collection of off-the-beaten-path pointers. Well, this is ...

Android is now “more like iPhone.” That should not be a surprise. It has been coming for some time, and Android 15 and Android 16 put security and privacy front and center. Just like iPhone. But it’s ...

Google's two primary platforms are on the brink of becoming one, if this week's headlines are to be believed. But — surprise, surprise — there's more to the story than those headlines suggest. Man, oh ...

Xiaomi has been proactively working on Android 16. As a result, it was able to offer users with an early preview of the newest software well before the stable release. In fact, Xiaomi has already ...

Android 16 looked to be one of the most impressive upgrades to the mobile operating system in recent times. Google teased some seriously cool features that would elevate Android to the next level.

A tutorial for setting up OpenCV 4.6.0 (and other 4.x.y versions) for Android in Android Studio with Native Development Kit (NDK) support. Android NDK enables you to implement your OpenCV image ...

The main Google I/O 2025 keynote happens a week from now, but that event will probably be so Gemini AI-heavy that Google decided to give Android a special presentation on Tuesday, in the form of an ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

I’ve tested tech for nearly a decade, and it’s always been a bit difficult to find the best Android tablet for most people. Unlike the relatively simple decision of finding the right iPad — where 90% ...