Finally, my open-source and non-Play Store apps auto-update.

As a part of Google's pre-I/O Android Show from a few weeks back, they showed off several upcoming features that were a lock ...

F-Droid is adding support for Android 15’s app archiving feature, making it the first third-party app store to support the new capability. App archiving is a feature that lets you reclaim storage ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Nathan is a tech journalist from Canada who spends too much money on gadgets. You can find his work on Android Police, Digital Trends, iMore, Mobile Syrup and ZDNET. Nathan studied journalism at ...

NewPipe and other open-source Android apps are warning users about Google's upcoming sideloading restrictions and offering ...

F-Droid maintains a repository of free and open source (FOSS) Android apps, and the F-Droid client for Android devices basically functions as an alternative to the default app store on most Android ...

This free Android launcher made my phone and tablet look like Windows 11 - here's how ...

I switched from the iPhone 3G to a Droid a couple of months back, and I haven't looked back. I can't say I really miss anything platform-related, and giving up the specific apps that I haven't ...

Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of CNET since 2003, he reviewed the first iPhone and worked in both the London and San Francisco offices. When not working, he's planning his ...