Obtanium is a must-have app on my Android phone. Here are the essential Android apps I install and update through it.

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Focus mode doesn't quite ban apps, it adds a heavy dose of friction in getting to them ...

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It’s all very messy. Even someone like me, whose job is to follow Android, kept getting confused by all the overlapping update cycles and feature releases. So I dug in and tried to make sense of the ...

While Motorola isn’t the fastest brand when it comes to software rollouts, it’s improved a lot with the Android 16 rollout. In fact, it was one of the very first brands to push the Android 16 update, ...

Google has just announced that Android is getting smarter with Gemini to-dos, improved Scam Detection, and better Circle-to-Search.

Android Auto 16.1 brings a quick fix after version 16 broke steering wheel controls. It removes a new design element and restores older yet reliable media buttons. Android Auto is getting a new update ...

PCWorld reports that Notepad++’s WinGUp update system was compromised between June and December 2025, delivering malware through corrupted executables to targeted users. While the popular text editor ...

Google is rolling out Android Auto 16.1 widely as the latest beta, Android Auto 16.2, hints at what is coming next. Earlier this month, Google started rolling out Android Auto 16.0 with a new media ...

Good news for drivers. Google has just kicked off the rollout of a new Android Auto build in the production channel. Android Auto 16.1 is now available for the first users whose devices are configured ...

If you use Notepad++, it's time to update. Hackers compromised the free text and coding editor to distribute a malicious update via the auto-update function. Notepad++ developer Don Ho detected the ...