Google is cracking down on battery-draining Android apps with a new Play Store policy targeting “excessive partial wake locks ...

Good news, Android users. Google is going to step in and help you find the perpetrators. Google just announced the launch of ...

Assuming your phone is on and online, you should be able to see its location on a map. From there, you can make it ring, lock it, set a lock screen note to tell whoever has it how to get it back to ...

How to: Go to Settings > Display on your Android phone. There, you'll find the option to switch between a light and dark theme and to have dark mode turn on automatically at a certain time of day. I ...

Google is asking developers to "raise the bar" on battery efficiency. New Android metrics will give programmers deeper insight into how their apps consume power – ...

Google is preparing to polish the Bluetooth device details page to show a small ring indicating the current battery level of your connected device. This change isn’t live yet in the latest Android 15 ...

Android phones have become an essential part of our lives, powering everything from work to entertainment. Over the years, smartphones have evolved from basic mobile devices to powerful gadgets packed ...

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 started my career with CNET all the way back in 2005, when the (original) Motorola Razrs were all the rage. Since then, I've written about everything from consumer electronics to internet culture ...