You Can Back Up Your Android Phone Without Using Cloud Storage - Here's How

If you're running up to the edge of Google's 15 GB of free cloud storage, you can always go old-school without having to pay ...
TalkAndroid on MSN

Android backup is about to get smarter thanks to Google’s next update

If you’ve ever tried to back up your Android phone and found yourself wondering why on earth it insists on saving every last ...

4 Hidden Ways To Keep Your Old Android Phone Feeling Brand New

Limiting background processes, uninstalling problematic apps, using lite versions of apps, and removing live wallpapers and ...

My 4-step routine to make any Android phone run like new again (and it never fails me)

Changing these settings will give your old Android phone a new life. Once adjusted, it should feel faster, with added zip in day-to-day tasks. If you want to give it a refresh, I recommend messing ...

10 Hacks Every Android User Should Know

Please note that many of these hacks require you to enable Developer Options, Android's hidden menu of settings. To do so, ...
Wired

Got a Pixel 10? Google’s Android Phone Can Now Share Files With Apple’s AirDrop

Android phones and iPhones haven't played well for years. Platform incompatibility has fostered real-life social friction, like the “green bubble shaming” phenomenon, where iPhone owners exclude ...
ZDNet

How to AirDrop on Android to iPhone (and which models support the file-sharing feature)

Android and iPhone users can now share files quickly and easily. Currently, only Pixel 10 phones support the feature. Google says it will expand the tech to other Android devices. I use an iPhone as ...
Engadget

Android 16 starts rolling out to Nothing Phones

Nothing Phone 3 owners, your Android 16 update is here. Owners of other models? Well, you’ll have to wait a bit longer. Regardless, the company's Nothing OS 4.0 update brings Google's newest mobile ...
Digital Trends

Android phones could soon get a face unlock solution that rivals Apple FaceID

What Happened: You know how Face Unlock on some phones can be… “eh,” and easily fooled? Well, a company called Metalenz is about to change that, and it’s just partnered with a microchip giant (UMC) to ...
MacRumors

iPhone Users Can Now AirDrop Files to Android Devices

Google today announced a new cross-platform feature that allows for file sharing between iPhone and Android users. With AirDrop on the ‌iPhone‌ and QuickShare on Pixel 10 devices, there is a new file ...
Bleeping Computer

Google enables Pixel-to-iPhone file sharing via Quick Share, AirDrop

Google has added interoperability support between Android Quick Share and Apple AirDrop, to let users share files between Pixel devices and iPhones. For now, only Pixel 10-series devices support the ...
How-To Geek on MSN

4 open source Android file managers that don't spy on you or show ads

There's an overwhelming number of file managers on the Google Play Store, but a good chunk of those are riddled with ads, ...