Android offers multiple Canary, Beta, and stable releases in a year, but what's happening when? Here's the full Android 2026 release cycle.

Google's latest major Android release landed in an unusual season, but the chill around its arrival feels eerily familiar. 2025’s been a weird year when it comes to Android upgrades. For ages now, ...

Android 16’s Linux Terminal can now run graphical Linux apps such as Doom. This is thanks to improvements like hardware acceleration support and a display server. These upgrades aren’t live yet in the ...

As Samsung’s Android 16 update rolls out more widely, a growing number of Android Auto users are reporting connection issues. Android Auto updates can cause problems with connections and more from ...

It looks like Android 16 will add a feature that lets you screen record what you’re doing on an external monitor. This is an expansion of a current Android 15 feature that enables you to screenshot ...

The Android Show: I/O Edition gave us our first look at Android 16, but the rumored splitting of the Quick Settings and Notifications panel was seemingly absent. However, it looks like the feature is ...

Did you know that Google’s Android has a desktop mode? It’s true, and you may hear more about it in the coming months. This mode has gained some new features in Android 16 Beta 3, which indicates that ...

Android Auto 16.3 beta hints at major upgrades: video playback for parked EVs, a long-awaited light theme toggle, and visual refreshes. Here's what's hidden in the code.

I’m not gonna lie to you: Writing these Android Upgrade Report Cards isn’t always exhilarating. By and large, these reports tend to reinforce the same trends we see time and time again from the same ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...