Around Thursday, March 26, 2026, Google began rolling out the “Google Play system update,” which is part of the monthly “Google System Updates” designed to provide new features that improve security ...

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are ...

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 ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Android users frustrated by clunky workarounds when sharing files with iPhone owners are finally seeing progress. File ...

Google will expand Quick Share and AirDrop interoperability to more Android devices in 2026, extending the cross-platform file sharing feature beyond the Pixel 10 series. During a press briefing in ...

Google Expands AirDrop-Style File Sharing to More Android Devices Your email has been sent Google confirms Quick Share’s AirDrop-style sharing is expanding beyond Pixel to more Android devices in 2026 ...

Google’s February 2026 system updates bring improved Google Account storage purchases, streamlined device setup, and new developer security tools through Google Play services version 26.04. The ...

Android 17 Leak Reveals Glassy Blur UI and New Screen Recorder Your email has been sent Generated with Google Gemini. Android 17 is starting to come into view, with ...