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Even with HTTPS keeping your activity on a website private, your network provider and anyone snooping on the connection can still see exactly which sites and apps you’re visiting. This privacy gap has quietly existed for years, and Google is now closing it with four major network security upgrades built into Android 17.

Google published a post on Thursday about four network protections in Android 17. None of them is new. All four shipped with Android 17 back in June, and this is the first time Google explains them to ordinary users. The update is only now reaching phones in numbers, and Motorola has confirmed more than 50…

Google is implementing stricter memory management requirements for Android apps as global semiconductor shortages – intensified by booming demand for AI data center components – disrupt hardware availability. The company unveiled two revised app quality standards emphasizing efficient memory allocation and streamlined code execution.

HP has spent years making laptops, so the OmniPad 12 is an unusual product for the company. It is a 12-inch Android tablet that comes with a detachable keyboard and folio case, and HP clearly expects it to be used for more than watching videos or browsing the web. At Rs. 48,999, the OmniPad 12…

Chances are there’s a connection issue between your phone and car if Android auto isn’t working.

Android Auto lets you use the essential apps on your phone to use Android Auto to send messages, take calls, play music, and help navigate you from A to B. It’s quickly replaced the patchwork quilt approach taken by car manufacturers in the past, supplanting in-built car infotainment systems that often quickly become outdated and…

Amazon has now launched its 2026 Labor Day sale with truck loads of deals, but your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is also now ready to roll. Highlights include 20 Minutes Till Dawn:Premium, Botanicula, Samorost 3, Rogue Hearts, ARIDA: Backland’s Awakening, CHUCHEL, and more. Check them all out below alongside…

RAM is getting expensive, and Google isn’t waiting around to see how bad it gets. The company has announced new memory rules for Android apps distributed through the Play Store, and developers now have a hard deadline to clean up their code. As prices climb, people are opting for devices with leaner specs, and apps…

While not as big as the last release, Android 17 QPR2 Beta 4 is a sizable update ahead of the stable December release.

Android 17 QPR2 continues to add user-facing changes with new Status bar settings in Beta 4.