If you are still using an older Android phone, you may be more vulnerable than you realise. Google has now confirmed that over 40 per cent, more than one billion phones, of all Android devices ...

Yesterday, Apple and Google announced that they have teamed up to make it easier to switch between Android and iPhone devices. The companies say they have developed new features that make it easier ...

Google Tests New Alert on Android to Stop In-Progress Scam Calls The company has already trialed the system in the UK, which involves displaying an alert during a call while the user is screen-sharing ...

Security researchers have uncovered a "highly capable" new mobile banking Trojan targeting Android users in Indonesia and possibly across other Southeast Asian countries. Like many Android banking ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

In brief: Google has admitted that its early earthquake alert system failed to inform millions of people about the severity of Turkey's 2023 quake. The highest level "TakeAction" warnings were only ...

Google has finally acknowledged that Android’s earthquake detection system failed to alert millions of people during Turkey’s 2023 earthquake. The system sent out around 500,000 lower-level “Be Aware” ...

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Google has redesigned the permissions dialogs that appear in Android. This change appears following the June Google Play system update when applied to the latest Android 16 QPR Beta 2.1. Google has ...

Why it matters: As Android 16's new security features roll out with the next generation of smartphones, users will, for the first time, have a tool to detect invisible digital surveillance. Whether ...