Along with solid hardware, timely software updates are vital for a good smartphone. Software updates ensure a phone receives the latest features, bug fixes, and security enhancements even if the ...

If I had a penny for every single time I checked my Android phone for updates and got the all-clear “Your system is up to date” notice when there was actually a hidden update pending, well, I’d have a ...

Samsung has done just that, by confirming its latest version of Android 16, called One UI 8.5, is officially available to ...

Software and security updates are the new displays, cameras, and batteries, as each phone maker looks for another way to differentiate its phones from the competition. The latest to join the crazy is ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Google Pixel phones running Android 16 are getting a major December 2025 software update that fixes 33 bugs across Pixel 6-10 ...

Samsung and Google have completely changed the software update game by offering seven Android updates, and being quicker in releasing new updates makes them a no-brainer pick for many people ...

Nothing has released another major software update for the Phone (3), improving performance and fixing some buds. The build, Nothing OS V3.5-250911-2112, brings camera improvements along with fixes ...

Software support is important, especially when you spend a fortune on a new smartphone and plan on holding on to it for a long time. Google’s Pixel lineup is currently among the best on the market in ...

Nothing OS 4.0 has rolled out to the Nothing Phone 3 first. The company says the other Nothing and CMF devices will get the ...

The OnePlus 13 and OnePlus 13R are the company’s latest entries in the western market, with the OnePlus 13 designed to serve as a sort of flagship and the 13R to take the role of a midrange, ...