Since 2015, consumers and automakers have had a handshake agreement: we'll buy their cars if they let us connect our smartphones to Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. For ten years or so, it has worked ...

No Android 17? No problem. You can still enjoy some of the software's most noteworthy additions — no matter who made your device or what Android version it's ...

You may have been wondering why we had not yet seen a new June Android update for Pixel phones. The reason is because Google was polishing up Android 17 for a stable release that is arriving today.

Considering all the Android 16 QPR updates and the new ones announced at The Android Show and Google I/O 2026, Android 17 is definitely shaping up to be one of the most ambitious updates the company ...

Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for Android Auto 17.1 for production devices. This build landed in the beta program earlier this month, and it is now available for devices configured to ...

Google has just released a patch for the connectivity issues encountered by some Android Auto users. However, the fixes aren’t part of the latest Android Auto build but are included in a new version ...

A seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, Chandraveer brings more than four years of consumer tech journalism experience to the table, with bylines at Android Police and ...

Android users who have updated their devices to the Android 16 QPR 3 release that Google started testing in December 2025 for supported Pixel devices may have noticed a new indicator in the phone's ...

Google and Apple continue to improve their smartphone mirroring functions. Android Auto is getting several updates this year, including video playback, widgets, and Google Maps updates. Cars with ...

The overhaul -- including the biggest Google Maps update in a decade -- brings a full UI refresh and new Gemini capabilities to more than 250 million vehicles. Google is rolling out a sweeping update ...

Millions of Android users could be eligible for a payment under a $135 million class-action settlement over allegations that Google's operating system caused mobile devices to send data without users' ...

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