Chrome on Android has offered a Reading mode for several years now, and Google is now significantly redesigning it. Update 2/28/26: As of this month, Chrome for Android’s Reading mode redesign is ...

Bookseller Barnes & Noble stopped developing Android tablets in-house many years ago, but the company has continued to sell rebranded versions of existing tablet for folks looking to read NOOK eBooks, ...

As a long-time staple on Pixel phones that recently took over for Samsung Messages in the U.S., Google Messages is the closest thing we have to a default texting app on Android. It has built-in RCS ...

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If you're interested in going paperless, you probably think you need a scanner. It's true that hardware scanners make turning multipage documents into PDFs very simple. But most of us don't have easy ...

Google Warns Over 1 Billion Android Phones Are Now at Risk Your email has been sent If you’re using an older Android phone, Google has a message you probably don’t want to hear. More than 40% of ...

TV and home video editor Ty Pendlebury joined CNET Australia in 2006, and moved to New York City to be a part of CNET in 2011. He tests, reviews and writes about the latest TVs and audio equipment.

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1 is now rolling out to enrolled Pixel devices. The update primarily focuses on addressing known issues, including fixes for battery drain, stability, and connectivity. The ...

Fully 84% of consumers in the United States say they've opted in to receive texts from at least one business, up from 62% in 2021, according to recent research from Simple Texting. The report was ...

For the first time, Android is offering a native, automatic safety net for your Downloads folder, finally protecting orphaned files like PDFs, invoices, and resumes. The February Play System update ...

Google (Almost) Announces First Beta of Android 17, Emphasizing Flexibility For Larger-Screen Devices App developers won’t be able to opt out of screen orientation and resizing features on devices ...