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Factory resetting does more than wipe data—see what else it can unlock Go to Settings > System > Reset options > Erase all data (factory reset) > Erase all data. After the erasing process, set up your ...

The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some ...

Google’s upcoming developer verification system for Android may prevent users from sideloading apps without an internet connection. This change, discovered in a recent beta, raises concerns that a ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

Last month brought our first look at Android 16 QPR2, with Google delivering its first beta just hours after the Pixel 10 launch event. Alongside other changes, the company is tweaking its monochrome ...

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Next year, Google will prohibit sideloading on Android—one of the few prominent things differentiating the Android operating system from Apple's iOS. Per the forthcoming policy, Google will ask all ...

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For the past decade, Google has consistently published an Android Security Bulletin every month, even if the company wasn’t ready to roll out a security update to its own Pixel devices. These ...