With the increasing sophistication of digital threats, safeguarding your phone and personal data has never been more crucial. Android is responding with a suite of new security features designed to ...

The August 2026 Android security update has arrived, but Google hasn’t listed the vulnerabilities it fixes. Samsung, however, ...

Android 17 adds a timed barrier around one-time security codes delivered to a phone. Google says the operating system ...

Samsung’s August 2026 Galaxy update fixes 56 Android and One UI security flaws, including critical vulnerabilities and ...

At the heart of these subtler tweaks are four key changes in Android 17: app memory limits, local network permissions, dynamic code loading restrictions, and Certificate Transparency by default.

Google's June 2026 Android security update landed on June 1st with a lot to do. It patches 124 vulnerabilities across Android 14, 15, 16, and 16 QPR2, including one already being actively exploited in ...

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Android 16 introduces a “Secure Lock” feature that enhances the security of remotely locking a lost device. Secure Lock restricts access to notifications, Quick Settings, widgets, and the digital ...

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 ...

Android OS has some effective tools and options to properly control your data. Some of these come at the cost of convenience, while others do not have any trade-offs attached to them. In this in-depth ...

I think about mobile security a lot. I also talk about it quite a bit. If mobile security wasn't always an issue, I wouldn't have to bother. Unfortunately, it is, and I find myself always pondering ...

IDF says Android is not as secure as iPhone. The Israeli military made headlines last month, with a ban on Android phones for senior officers and other officials on security grounds. iPhones now ...