The update affects multiple device categories, including phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, Android Auto and Automotive ...

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Google usually releases a new version of Android around October, but this year, Android 16 has arrived a lot earlier in June. That’s an early treat for Google Pixel users, and this also means your ...

Google is no longer backporting security patches to Android 12 or 12L, as both operating systems have reached end-of-life status. This means that device makers will have to backport security patches ...

OxygenOS 16 is shaping up to be a major upgrade, bringing UI refinements, useful features, and improvements across the operating system. The update will also bring several new features and ...

Samsung is rolling out the One UI 8 update for the Galaxy S21 FE, but it'll be the phone's last major Android OS upgrade.

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Samsung’s Wear OS updates typically take on the naming scheme as the company’s Android updates, but the next Galaxy Watch update is apparently not going to be called “One UI 7 Watch.” Current Galaxy ...

Over the years, mobile operating system updates have become more incremental than innovative. The newest Android release is a prime example of that. Android 16, like Android 15 before it, offers ...

Doug Bonderud is an award-winning writer capable of bridging the gap between complex and conversational across technology, innovation and the human condition. Android 10 has reached its end of life ...