How to turn your old Android phone into a Wi-Fi extender - and fix dead spots at home

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I test drove the new Android Desktop Mode with my Pixel, and it genuinely wowed me

And as someone who's attempted -- as an experiment -- to do without a desktop computer, I find it the smartphone-only ...

This open-source app turns Microsoft's GitHub into an app store for your Android phone — and your Windows PC, too

GitHub has a ton of amazing projects within, and this app helps you find interesting ones you might want to use on your ...

Android 17 Leaks Reveal Major Redesign, AI Features, and Privacy Upgrades

Android 17 beta is here. Here’s what is confirmed so far, what leaks suggest, and which rumored features may arrive later in ...
Analytics Insight

Programming Language Trends 2026: What Developers Must Learn to Stay Ahead

Overview: Programming languages are the foundation of modern technologies, including artificial intelligence, cloud computing ...

Google is optimizing Android's core to make your phone feel faster

Google is introducing a new optimization trick to make the core of Android run faster by studying how phones are actually ...
eWeek

Gemini Beats Claude, GPT in Google’s First Android AI Coding Benchmark

Google’s new Android Bench ranks the top AI models for Android coding, with Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leading Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2-Codex.
eWeek

Gemini vs ChatGPT: 7 Differences That Actually Matter

A side-by-side comparison of ChatGPT and Google Gemini, exploring context windows, multimodal design, workspace integration, ...
Android Authority

Android apps keep using Apple's Liquid Glass design, and it's killing me

If I wanted Liquid Glass, I’d buy an iPhone. It doesn’t belong on Android. And yet, I’m seeing more and more of Apple’s design language — or half-baked versions of it — pop up in apps on my Google ...
WeLiveSecurity

PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI

ESET researchers uncovered the first known case of Android malware abusing generative AI for context-aware user interface manipulation. While machine learning has been used to similar ends already – ...