One of my favorite things to do in my spare time is to test new apps. I've discovered some of my favorite gems through this process of discovery. However, apps accumulate over time. Some we use daily, ...

Tamping down on preinstalled garbage on an Android is a tradition as old as the OS itself. Unlike Apple, which tightly controls both the hardware and software of its smartphones, Android phones aren't ...

An app drawer is the menu on your Android phone where you can see all of your installed apps and open them. It's one of the ...

Countless apps enter the Google Play Store every day. Play Protect scans them for harmful behavior, and the company removes the harmful ones. However, some slip through detection and gain entry to ...

Consumer-grade phone surveillance apps aren’t only intended to stay stealthy; some of these apps are also making it increasingly difficult to remove them ...

With ironic timing, just as Samsung confirms its latest crackdown on apps installed from outside official app stores, here comes another alarming warning showing just why it’s making those changes.

Starting next month, Google will require apps on the Play Store to provide a “stable, engaging, responsive user experience.” If they don’t, the company plans to eventually remove those apps from the ...