Suppose someone came to talk to you and said, “I need your help. I have a Raspberry Pi-based robot and I want to develop a custom Android app to control it.” If you are like me, you’ll think about ...

Google has introduced new requirements for app developers, aimed to make sideloading apps on Android devices safer. Beginning September 2026, app developers distributing apps outside the Play Store ...

Self-hosting services save you from subscription costs and give you control over your data. While I’ve previously experimented with self-hosted media servers and file storage, I only really dove into ...

Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand ...

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

Keeping up with the latest and greatest apps and games can be difficult, but I’m here to help. Each month, I draft a detailed list of the best new Android apps and games, and the September 2025 ...

Samsung has remained at the forefront as a popular smartphone brand. Data measured in 2023 indicates that 1.033 billion individuals use Samsung smartphones globally. The best Samsung phones offer a ...

Samsung has announced its September 2025 Android security update and the fixes that it includes. The rollout starts now, to a ton of devices. Do note that Samsung’s version builds upon what Google is ...

Microsoft says the August 2025 security updates are triggering unexpected User Account Control (UAC) prompts and app installation issues for non-admin users across all supported Windows versions. This ...