Zach was an Author at Android Police from January 2022 to June 2025. He specialized in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, smart home devices, and Android services. Zach loves unique and ...

The last time I spent much time thinking about the QNX operating system was when Lee spent a few weeks in 2011 figuring out how to root a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet running the QNX-based PlayBook OS, ...

The maker of the Orange Pi line of single-board computers (among other things) offers a handful of Android or Linux images that can be installed on most of the company’s products. But for the most ...

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 ...

In 2014, I began my career at PCMag as a freelancer. That blossomed into a full-time position in 2021, and I now review email marketing apps, mobile operating systems, web hosting services, streaming ...

The smartphone market is, for the most part, dominated by one decision: Android vs. iOS. In the past, it was possible to have a Windows phone, and today you can have a Linux phone, but Android and iOS ...

WhatsApp users with older Android operating systems may need to start looking for a new phone. Starting Nov. 1, the Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp will drop support for Android smartphones ...

Android phones were a jumble of clunky menus and mismatched designs in Android KitKat. Then came Android 5.0 Lollipop, a sugary-sweet update that transformed the mobile landscape forever. It brought a ...

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Google’s Android platform was the only operating system to gain users from May through June, a sign that Android may soon dominate the smartphone market, according to ComScore. Despite Android’s ...