Google is preparing a new “Tap to Share” feature for Android devices and, through the latest updates, we’re able to get a sneak peek as to what it looks like and how it functions. The ability to tap ...

Instead of giving apps full access to your address book, you will be able to choose exactly which contacts they can see. Previously, apps often relied on a broad permission that exposed your entire ...

A popular Android AI application has left millions of private user files exposed, allowing anyone with the correct link to view private videos and photos without a password. Researchers from Cybernews ...

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Android users frustrated by clunky workarounds when sharing files with iPhone owners are finally seeing progress. File ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

One of the changes that we've seen in phones over recent years has been more control over the file systems. Having previously hidden away a lot of the local storage structure, Android and iOS now both ...

Google is expanding its Material 3 Expressive redesign in the Contacts app. It is now experimenting with redesigning the interface for sharing contacts using VCF files. The change, however, also adds ...

Google today announced a new cross-platform feature that allows for file sharing between iPhone and Android users. With AirDrop on the iPhone and QuickShare on Pixel 10 devices, there is a new file ...