Android is changing as Google narrows the gap to iPhone. For many longtime Android users, these changes will land badly as their phones lock down for the first time. But for the vast majority it will help them keep safe. As far as Google might be going on this catch-up mission, Samsung is about go much further.

It’s a question asked by Apple iPhone and Google Android users around the world: Is your smartphone listening to you? Here's what you need to know.

Google helped pioneer widgets with Android but has neglected them since. Even Google's iOS widgets are better than their Android counterparts.

To see which solution does this better, I put Apple's Clean Up feature on iPhone against Google's Magic Editor. Google Magic Editor vs. Apple Clean Up: On-Device Photo Editing Showdown Since the introduction of the Google Pixel 6 series in 2021,

Apple downgraded by MoffettNathanson to Sell, citing weak iPhone sales in China and threat to Google's default search engine deal due to antitrust lawsuit.

A leaker has posted iPhone SE 4 dummy unit photos, potentially giving us the first unofficial look at Apple’s next budget smartphone.

Apple and Google both offer apps that not only store your photo collection but also let you edit and do some wild things with your images. Here’s how they stack up.

In December, the FBI and CISA, the US cyber defense agency, warned Americans to use fully encrypted messaging and phone calls where they can. But iPhone to Android and Android to iPhone texting may soon be okay.

Even though Visual Look Up can be very useful, some people might consider it a hidden iPhone feature, as it's really easy to miss.

It starts with a simple call, a message, a popup — but it ends with a potentially life-changing loss. It is a dangerous enough threat that Google has updated Android to protect its users. While there are many warnings about apps you shouldn’t install on your phone or laptop, this is much simpler. You should never install these apps.

Working around the ban — if you can — is not unlawful, as long as you don’t do anything wrong in how you actually do it. The issue for U.S. users will be that you won’t be able to do that with your existing account. You also can’t do that from the U.S. or possibly even with a cell phone carrying a U.S.-registered SIM or eSIM.