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Google just might've (inadvertently) revealed the first look at its ambitious Android for PC project, bringing the long-awaited unification of ChromeOS and Android to desktop closer to reality. The ...

Android is rolling out a new set of theft protection updates focused on stopping unauthorized access, limiting damage after a device is stolen, and improving recovery. The changes build on existing ...

A leaked bug report gives more info on Google's new OS. Aluminium OS will be the merging of Android and ChromeOS. The new OS should be released sometime this year. Google's plan to merge ChromeOS and ...

Google on Tuesday announced an expanded set of Android theft-protection features, designed to make its mobile devices less of a target for criminals. Building on existing tools like Theft Detection ...

Multi-OS devices are finally becoming viable as Google, Microsoft, and Lenovo rethink how operating systems coexist across modern hardware. image: envato/melis82 The tech world has seen its share of ...

With the news that Amazon is swapping the Android OS out on its Fire TVs for a proprietary Linux version called Vega, you'd be forgiven for thinking that smart TVs are abandoning the platform en masse ...

The next major version of Android could include a feature that gives users much more granular control of app notification privacy. First spotted in an early developer build of Android 17 by Android ...

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Fresh leaks from Android 17’s Canary build suggest that Google is actively working on how notifications behave for locked apps. According to a new Android Authority report, notifications from apps ...

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