Malware targeting Android devices has increased, often exploiting permissions that users unknowingly grant. While Android's open nature makes it a target, you can protect your device by carefully ...

Google has announced the release of the first developer preview for Android 14, the next major version of the world's most popular mobile operating system, which comes with security and privacy ...

Android 12 made Google's popular OS more transparent but also more privacy-friendly than ever — introducing microphone and camera indicators and toggles, finer control over permissions, one-time ...

Jake is a cybersecurity graduate with a knack for simplifying complex technical concepts into digestible nuggets of information. Approaching his one-year milestone of keeping you in the loop on the ...

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 ...

A new hidden setting has been spotted through the Pixel Watch companion app that will let you sync app permissions between your phone and your watch. Permissions that you have already granted to apps ...

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 ...

To reduce financial scams, Google has started a new program to prevent users from sideloading certain apps in Singapore. The company is looking to block sideloaded apps that abuse Android permissions ...

Back in Android 12, Google added some flexibility to Android’s location permission by allowing users to only give apps access to their “approximate” location. It’s a great idea, but one that’s ruined ...