Android will soon run Linux apps better, and that's great for Google's PC plans

Google has a much-needed fix to improve the performance of graphical Linux apps on Android. Here's what's changing and why it ...

14 Android Settings That Can Dramatically Extend Your Phone's Battery Life

From bright displays to background apps, your Android phone might be using more battery than needed. Here are some simple tweaks to gain time between charges.

Google's new rules could wipe out sideloading and alternative app stores, F-Droid warns

F-Droid has warned that Google’s new developer verification rules could effectively kill alternative Android app stores. The platform says that Google’s rules are monopolistic and harmful to ...
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The Long, Slow Push to Make Phones Boot Faster

Starting with Android Oreo (version 8), the operating system switched to a faster decompression algorithm (LZ4), which ...

Your next Android phone could get a significant performance boost (Samsung models included)

On Wednesday, at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit, the company unveiled its newest mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. This chipset features upgrades to the CPU and GPU to power better ...