Don't ask us why, but some Android phones do not come with the best features enabled out of the box – here's some you need.

Google is once again slowing its plan to swap out Google Assistant for Gemini on its own hardware, stretching a transition that was supposed to wrap up this year into a much longer, more cautious ...

Virtual assistants will soon be as commonplace as smartphones -- in many parts of the world, they already are. Most ...

Losing your phone can leave you in panic mode, especially when the battery dies. The good news is that both Apple and Android offer built-in tools that help you track a missing device even when it is ...

Perhaps you noticed that over the past several months, Apple has been placing ads throughout its iPhone apps and alerts. It’s most prominent when you visit the App Store, but another place ads have ...

This year’s high-end models from Apple and Google raise the bar for mobile photography, but users should take the time to learn the settings and features. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes ...

Google has officially announced that its Google Assistant era is coming to an end after nearly 10 years. The smart assistant will stop working on Android in March 2026, with Gemini taking over as ...

On a support page, Google is hinting that the end of Google Assistant is nearing, with the Gemini takeover apparently completing in March 2026 when Assistant will no longer be accessible… at least on ...

Google continues to replace the Google Assistant brand with Gemini across more parts of the Android UI. The “Hey Google” setup flow now mentions Gemini instead of Google Assistant. The “Hey Google & ...

There is finally a more concrete timeline for when Google plans to completely take Google Assistant offline, with Google Gemini being its replacement. Details discovered on the Google Assistant and ...

Android Auto, as a framework, is designed to link your Android phone to your car's infotainment systems in a manner more convenient and comprehensive than simply connecting to a stereo with Bluetooth.