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Just when it looked like foldable phones might fade into irrelevance (they representedjust 1.5% of global smartphone sales in 2025), Samsung has come along with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 — a passport-shaped foldable that could, with Apple’s help, catapult dual-screen devices into the mainstream.

YouTube has always been a curious middle child on Android Auto. The streaming app isn’t as feature-packed in a car as it is on a desktop or smartphone, and if you wanted to see a baseball game while parked, you were out of luck. Some of that is about to change.

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Google is expanding Android 17’s per-app memory limits to more devices, giving the operating system more control over how apps use RAM. The idea is simple: to prevent a single memory-hungry app from slowing down the entire smartphone.

In a rarity, a new piece of Android malware has been discovered specifically targeting the computing systems inside cars. 

Your Friday afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now ready to roll, including titles like Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom, A Little to the Left: Stars, A Little to the Left: Drawers, RPG Onigo Hunter, Premium-RPG Wizards of Brandel, Data Defense, and more. Check out the now updated Best Buy…

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Today’s 9to5Toys Lunch Break is headlined by TCL’s latest NXTPAPER Android tablets starting from $160 today as well as the TCL 60 XE Android phone down at $180 and the 70 Pro with the NXTPAPER Key now down at $280. We are also featuring the 1-day Best Buy Anniversary LG salewith TVs from $330, 2026…

Just update to the latest version. That’s the advice Google is giving to Android Auto users struggling with a random disconnect bug.   

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