Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Pixel phones have an excellent reputation for smart software, but battery life has been a common complaint with Google's smartphones. Thankfully, ...

Google has also rolled out a new Android Vitals metric that measures excessive use of wake locks. These occur when an app ...

Google has started rolling out its November Pixel Drop to eligible Pixel devices, bringing AI-powered features such as ...

Microsoft offers a solution to manage your phone from your computer. The Phone Link application connects your Android device to your Windows PC. Users can receive calls, reply to texts, and view ...

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You fully charge your smartphone battery because you know you'll be out for the whole day and, somehow, your battery dies.

Google Wallet now supports Android 16’s Live Updates feature. Live Updates are a new type of notification for activities like ridesharing, deliveries, and navigation. Google Wallet supports Live ...

Starting in 2026, Android apps that cause battery drain from excessive wake locks will face reduced discoverability on the Play Store.

Google's new “excessive partial wake locks” metric tracks apps keeping your CPU awake too long in the background. Apps that ...

Samsung’s One UI 8.5 may let you prioritize notifications. It may allow users to assign a higher priority to notifications from certain apps so they don’t miss them. The notifications that may be ...

A man who was caught on camera dropping superglue into a co-worker's Coke has now been sentenced to 18 months in prison and 24 months of extended supervision. The court then stayed that sentence and ...