Whether you have privacy concerns or you just want to freely tinker, these are our favorite alternatives to stock Android.

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 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.

Google I/O is on May 20, but the annual developer conference will be so jam-packed with announcements that Google is opening the valve to release some news early. Today, during a virtual event dubbed ...

With Material 3 Expressive, Android is getting a more graphic design-y interface—the complete opposite of what is rumored for iOS 19. Reading time 3 minutes I think we can all agree that our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. Android has a serious problem — and it’s now getting worse. This ...

Android is under attack — again. Google has confirmed another active exploit has been fixed in this month’s security release, with a vulnerability discovered by Meta earlier in the year caught ...

Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls, and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android users. This guide can help you ...

The Android 15-based ColorOS 15 is a pretty significant upgrade, bringing a host of exciting features and improvements. There’s improved Trinity Engine, Flux Themes, HyperBoost, many AI tools, and ...

On the surface, Android and privacy might not seem like the most natural of bedfellows. Google is known for its advertising business, after all — it’s how the company makes the lion’s share of its ...