Apps on your Android phone can track what other apps you use, but that's not all.

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

A hidden Android app tracking permission lets apps see everything installed on your phone. Here's how to find it and shut it ...

Android 16 introduces a new API called SettingsPreferenceService that lets apps contribute their preferences to the Android Settings app. This API lets apps declare which of their own preferences can ...

So, you have all sorts of apps on your phone, but chances are, not all of them are actually useful to you all the time. There are apps that you use every day, and others that you touch once and never ...

Android 17 also improves privacy after my phone leaves my hands or is stolen. Google says that theft protections such as ...