7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change

Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared ...
The New York Times

How to Remove Apps You Never Use (or at Least Hide Them)

If you need space back on your phone or tablet, removing built-in and unused apps can help free up storage and reduce screen clutter. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to get more ...
Digital Trends

Google wants your app code so badly, it’s willing to pay for it

Google has been quietly reaching out to Android developers with an offer to buy access to their code. As reported by 404 Media, the company sent emails to a select group of Google Play developers, ...
Mashable

Fitbit users complain about forced migration to Google Health app

Fitbit users are upset that Google replace the fitness tracker's companion app with a new Google Health app. Credit: Koshiro K / Shutterstock Instead, Google is now dealing with backlash from some fo ...
TechRepublic

Google AI Studio Cheat Sheet: Features, Pricing, and More

Google AI Studio lets users test Gemini models, build apps, generate media, and export code. Here’s what it does, costs, and where it falls short. For years, building software meant setting up local ...
The Verge

Google Health is here, but a lot of people want their Fitbit app back instead

Fitbit users have some complaints about the new app built around Google’s AI coaching experience. Fitbit users have some complaints about the new app built around Google’s AI coaching experience. is ...
techtimes

Apps Tracking Your Activity: How Everyday Apps Collect, Store, and Use Your Personal Data

Find out how apps tracking your activity collect personal information through mobile app tracking, location access, and data tracking systems used by popular everyday apps. Brian Ramirez/Pexels From ...
Android

One UI 8.5 Update Breaks Dark Mode in Google Apps: Sickly Grays and High Contrast

The stable One UI 8.5 update is causing widespread frustration among Samsung Galaxy users due to a glitch that breaks the dark mode color palette inside Google apps. The software issue conflicts with ...
Ars Technica

Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other ...
The Verge

Google can now vibe-code you an Android app

But Google is carefully suggesting that the apps might be best as more limited experiences. But Google is carefully suggesting that the apps might be best as more limited experiences. is a senior ...
TechCrunch

Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...
TechCrunch

Google’s ‘Create My Widget’ feature will let you vibe-code your own widgets

Google on Tuesday unveiled a new “Create My Widget” feature for Android that allows users to vibe-code their own custom widgets. The feature will first launch on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google ...