Android app permissions aren't as easy to identify as they once were, but that doesn't mean you have to be uninformed. When it comes to Android and privacy, we’re accustomed to seeing things move in a ...

Android permissions are at the core of managing how apps interact with your device, safeguarding your data and personal ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Discover how simple tweaks to your app permissions can significantly extend your phone's battery life. Learn which ...

Google is slowly fixing its Play Store problem. We have already seen a cull of lower-quality, higher-risk apps, and we are now seeing ever more on-device monitoring to flag those devices behaving ...

A team of academic researchers has uncovered a new Android security exploit that raises a lot of questions about the platform’s permission system. The technique, named TapTrap, uses user interface ...

Last year, Android 11 introduced a clever privacy feature that removes permissions granted to “unused apps” that haven’t been opened in some time. Google is now bringing this auto-reset to older ...

Any burgeoning new technology is almost always met with criticisms — some justified, and others not so much. Lately, Google’s Gemini has been the focus of such critiques. Last month, Gemini was under ...

Android 12 will automatically hibernate unused apps to free up storage space. The app hibernation feature will remove temporary files and stop notifications from apps that haven’t been used for months ...