Android 17 Beta 1 is officially on the way, and Google is changing up its usual release playbook in the process.

I no longer need Google for Circle to Search.

From swirling updates to confusing convergence and more than a few wacky experiments, 2026 is looking to be anything but uneventful for Google's Android platform. It’s hard to believe, but here we be ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

The Android 16 QPR2 update brings Circle to Search support to Desktop Mode, enabling the key feature on external monitors. This major usability upgrade allows users to initiate searches on large ...

Android 16 QPR2 adds support for using Circle to Search on external displays. Before this update, the feature would only work on a phone’s internal screen. You can trigger it on a monitor by ...

You know this by now. The threat from malicious text messages has never been worse. Fueled by Chinese organized criminal gangs and AI, this now targets smartphone users on an industrial level, sending ...

Google just dropped a fresh bag of tricks for Android, and it’s a solid mix of fun stuff and serious safety upgrades. These updates are hitting your phone over the next few weeks, covering everything ...

Google on Tuesday unveiled several new Android features, including new Android 16 features rolling out to eligible Pixel devices; new features available on Android regardless of OS version; and a few ...

The new Circle to Search feature isn't the only new safety feature coming to Android. Call Reason is a new feature inside the Phone app that lets users mark a call to a contact as "urgent." That ...

Google launched Android 16 back in June, and with it came a ton of features and updates. Usually, that’s all Google does until the next version, which is expected to be released in beta sometime in ...