The Best Alternative Operating Systems to Get Google Off Your Phone

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

Google just released the first build of Android 17, and it’s ready for Pixel phones

Android 17 focuses on adaptability of apps across different form factors, enhances performance, and it's now available to download on Pixel 6 series and later models.

Tim Hardwick

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iOS 26 adds new ‘Preview’ app on iPhone, here’s how I’m using it

iOS 26 adds two brand new apps to your iPhone’s Home Screen, here’s how I’m using one of them: the Preview app. Apple adds new features to iOS all the time, but it’s not as common that we get brand ...
Tom's Guide

How to manage notifications on Android

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Android 16 QPR3 adds a blue dot to show when apps are using your location

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...
Geeky Gadgets

Complete Guide to Deploying Google AI Studio Apps : Ship Faster With Ease

Have you ever wondered how developers turn innovative AI concepts into fully functional, scalable applications? Imagine crafting an app powered by generative AI, one that adapts intelligently to user ...
Tom's Guide

I used the Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio to create an Alexa Home Theater — here's how it sounds

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Android Authority

How to unlock Android Auto developer settings (and why you might want to)

One of the first items I always enable when I get a new Android phone is developer mode. This hidden menu is designed to cater to the needs of developers, and it contains numerous valuable items for ...
ZDNet

How to AirDrop on Android to iPhone (and which models support the file-sharing feature)

Android and iPhone users can now share files quickly and easily. Currently, only Pixel 10 phones support the feature. Google says it will expand the tech to other Android devices. I use an iPhone as ...
AppleInsider

Android developers can now make apps using Apple's Swift

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.
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Google AI Studio Brings 'Vibe Coding': App Creation for Everyone

Google has updated AI Studio with “Vibe Coding,” a workflow that allows users to build and deploy AI applications using natural language prompts. This new system, powered by Gemini, simplifies the ...