Most Android phones ship with preinstalled apps nobody asked for, and several categories of them can be removed without ...

A third-party tool is making it easier to perform several ADB-initiated tasks on your Android TV. This tool runs on Windows and allows you to perform tasks on your Android TV device, such as ...

Smartphones, especially Android devices, come preloaded with a lot of bloatware. Some of these apps do nothing but occupy space and use data every time they receive updates. Not to mention that ...

The developer preview of Android 14 has rolled out. Android 14 DP1 has a hidden “apps installed in the background” menu. The feature lists every app installed in the background and allows you to ...

Millions of Android devices could be vulnerable from the moment they’re taken out of their boxes, thanks to a combination of manufacturer skins and carrier bloatware added to the Android operating ...

In an open letter published yesterday, more than 50 organizations have asked Google to take action against Android smartphone vendors who ship devices with unremovable pre-installed apps, also known ...

Over 50 organizations including the Digital Rights Foundation and DuckDuckGo have written an open letter to Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai about exploitive pre ...

I performed a debloat using the Universal Debloat Android Next Generation. The Elgin Smart app for controlling the RGB lamp wouldn’t open anymore. I restored the backup and it came back. How can I ...

I’m lucky enough to get the chance to use and review a wide variety of Android phones. In my gadget-exploring adventures, it’s hard to avoid noticing one common and very unfortunate thread: Nearly ...