These are our top picks for the best smartphone software of 2025, featuring smarter AI, cleaner design, and seamless performance across Android devices.

As Apple prepares to release new iPhones this week, industry veterans shared their predictions for what will be the next big thing in personal computing. By Brian X. Chen and Tripp Mickle Reporting ...

Every smartphone has an expiration date. That day arrives when the software updates stop coming and you start missing out on new apps and security protections. With most phones, this used to happen ...

The latest smartphone software includes tools to help you more easily connect with the people you want to contact — and avoid those you don’t. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer is the monthly Tech ...

Every smartphone has an average lifespan or a designated expiration date set by the manufacturer. Software updates ranging from 3 to 7 years can surpass the average lifetime of a phone. So, is a seven ...

Someday, your smartphone will be history. In a span of less than two decades, the smartphone — ubiquitous today — absorbed the functionalities of devices like electronic pagers, organizers, music ...

India has ordered smartphone makers to pre-install a state-owned cybersecurity app on all new devices and push it to existing phones via software updates. The move is already drawing industry pushback ...

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...

Smartphone distributors in Taiwan have recently said they are no longer able to obtain Asus handsets through local agents and ...

The BlackBerry we know and love may be well and truly dead. It seems as though the company is finally turning away from the smartphone business, which it has been flailing in for some time now, and ...