Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

Apple and Google are teaming up to make it easier to switch between Android and iPhone devices. The two companies say that they’ve developed new features that streamline the process of moving data ...

A new build of Android has been released that will make it easier for Android and iPhone switching to take place in the future. The current process for switching between Android and iPhone, or vice ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Updated November 28 with CISA recommendations regarding the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. VPN warnings are here to stay — bans come next. Updated Nov. 30 with ...

Google and Apple have confirmed that they are collaborating to make switching between Android phones and iPhones more seamless. A new switching method is in development and is expected to facilitate ...

iOS 26.2 is available now, and it’s packed with a bunch of new features. Many of those features are additions to Apple’s built-in iPhone apps. Here’s everything new across six Apple apps in iOS 26.2.

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

If you have high-end headphones like AirPods Max or Sony WH-1000XM6, but they still sound flat on your iPhone, the issue could be the apps you're using to stream music. For many iPhone users, ...

Google and Apple are collaborating to make switching between phone platforms easier. Code found in the Android Switch app suggests support for migrating accessibility settings, playlists, passwords, ...

A frustrating glitch has left hundreds of Spotify subscribers unable to listen to their favourite songs, playlists, and podcasts this morning. The (as yet) unexplained bug causes the Spotify app to ...