Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

iPhone users face this choice every time they need directions: Stick with the pre-installed Apple Maps, or switch to Google Maps. A decade ago, the answer felt obvious, but today, it's not as clear.

The Google app is replacing the Pixel Launcher search. Tapping the Pixel Launcher search bar opens the Google app. This appears to be an intentional change rather than a bug. This change means you now ...

Apple warns iPhone users to stop using Google Chrome. “Unlike Chrome,” it says, “Safari truly helps protect your privacy.” Apple’s warning now includes secretive fingerprinting. And Chrome’s not the ...

Over the years, the Google Weather Android “app” has seen infrequent updates, and the company looks to now be getting rid of it entirely for a Google Search experience that has just been redesigned.

Focus Friend, the screen time assistant from YouTuber and entrepreneur Hank Green, is Google Play’s app of the year. Launched in August, the productivity tool lets you block yourself from distracting ...

The battle in the navigation software space has gotten fiercer in recent years, primarily because other companies, including navigation specialists like Sygic, TomTom, and HERE, have become more ...

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) Nov 4 - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google has reached a comprehensive U.S. court settlement with “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games, agreeing to Android and app ...

Google is testing “History Off Search,” a new, prominent “incognito mode” toggle in its Android app that finally enables fast, one-tap private searching, mirroring a feature long available on iOS. The ...

Following Android, most Google apps on iOS now have the redesigned Google Account menu and switcher. Previously, tapping the profile picture in the top-right corner of every Google application would ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...