Knowing your Android's "end of life" date is key to understanding when security updates stop. This resource helps you check how long your device is supported.

Your Android phone has a hidden countdown most people never think about. Here's why it matters — and how to see if yours is nearing the limit.

Google says they’ve sped up how fast phones enter doze mode by 50% in Android 15. The result is that some devices are seeing up to 3 hours longer standby power on the latest OS. This improvement will ...

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite looks like a killer chipset, but one of its biggest benefits for future Android phones might end up being in battery life, with some major improvements showing up in ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. Android 10 and 11 reached end of life (EOL) in 2023 and 2024, ...

Attention, Android phone owners: Stronger smartphone stamina is well within your reach. All you've gotta do is reach out and grab it. If there’s one question I hear more than any other here in the ...

Every year we feel like we've reached peak smartphone, and yet, we continue to receive phones with better cameras, faster processors, and screens that bend in half. New chips bring not just ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Since we rely on our smartphones to do so much for us throughout the day, it's important that the battery is beefy enough to last the entire ...

This guide includes a range of tips that are designed to help you improve Android 14 battery life. Android 14 is the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system and it includes a number of ...

During its Google I/O 2024 event, the company seemed to focus primarily on AI but Android 15 was still represented, justy not as predominantly as it has been in other I/O events. That doesn't mean the ...

Chethan is a reporter at Android Police, focusing on the news coverage for the site. He has covered tech for over a decade for multiple publications, including Times Internet, Guiding Tech, Android ...