Android updates used to be something I got excited for every year, but now they don't matter like they used to.

Google unveiled Android to the world in 2007, two years after acquiring the operating system for $50 million. While many expected the search giant to announce its own phone as Apple did with the ...

Your phone's been doing all of this for years. You just kept downloading apps for it anyway.

Samsung's Android 17 upgrade is coming to Galaxy phones via One UI 9. But the biggest feature, Gemini Intelligence, raises ...

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.

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Google’s June 2026 Android update fixes dozens of flaws, including a potentially exploited Framework vulnerability and critical system bugs. Google’s June 2026 Android security release addresses ...

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One of the flaws is already being used in targeted attacks, and if you're not on a Pixel, you may be waiting weeks for the patch ...

The latest monthly update for Google Play Services is now rolling out, bringing the system up to version 26.21. Back in the April 2026 Play Services update, Google introduced a more intuitive Google ...

Ahead of the stable launch, Google is releasing Android 17 Beta 4.1 for Pixel devices. This “minor update” is a bug fixer. CP21.260330.011 (vs. CP21.260330.008) features the May 2026 security patch.