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Some of the very best apps available on Android TV have nothing to do with content streaming - here are five notable examples.

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You’ll soon be able to resume Spotify, Office documents, and browsing sessions from your phone on your PC. You’ll soon be able to resume Spotify, Office documents, and browsing sessions from your ...

Google on Tuesday announced an expanded set of Android theft-protection features, designed to make its mobile devices less of a target for criminals. Building on existing tools like Theft Detection ...

What used to be innocent enough — checking social media to see what our friends were up to — has escalated into a battle of wills in which there can emerge only one victor: man or phone. Many of us ...

Last summer, Google announced that Android 16 would include a desktop interface built from Samsung DeX, a mirroring and phone integration tool for PC. Thanks to a (now permissions-restricted) bug ...

After a decade of false starts across the industry, Nex Computer revisits the idea of replacing your laptop with a smartphone. By combining Android, Linux, and Windows in one device, the NexPhone may ...