Android Stories for 2017

Google Stops Selling the Pixel C Android Tablet 48
HTC, Motorola Say They Don't Slow Old Phones Like Apple Does 133
Chrome OS Will Finally Run Android Apps in the Background 42
Snowden's New App Haven Uses Your Smartphone To Physically Guard Your Laptop 134
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Alternatives To Android Or iOS? 304
'Loapi' Cryptocurrency Mining Malware Is Causing Phone Batteries To Bulge 55
Chinese Backdoor Still Active on Many Android Devices 30
Chrome 64 Beta Adds Sitewide Audio Muting, Pop-Up Blocker, Windows 10 HDR Video 43
Google Is Shutting Down Project Tango 37
Andy Rubin's Essential Phone Considered Anything But 150
Google Puts Android Accessibility Crackdown On Hold 28
Android 8.0 Oreo For Android Wear Released 10
Inside Oracle's Cloak-and-dagger Political War With Google 86
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Boosts CPU and GPU Performance, Delivers 4K HDR Capture, 3x Faster AI Processing 48
Qualcomm Announces Latest Snapdragon 845 Processor 38
A Popular Virtual Keyboard App Leaks 31 Million Users' Personal Data 65
Android Go Will Make the Most Basic Phones Run Smoothly 102
Google Bans Apps From Displaying Lock Screen Ads 58
Microsoft's Edge Browser Now Generally Available For iOS, Android 140
Google Launches App That Can Help You Track and Conserve Mobile Data 46
66 Percent of Popular Android Cryptocurrency Apps Don't Use Encryption 32
Recent Blu Update Locks Users out of Their Phones 81
Three Quarters of Android Apps Track Users With Third Party Tools, Says Study 46
Researchers Identify 44 Trackers in More Than 300 Android Apps 87
Microsoft Office Now Available On All Chromebooks 113
The Pixel 2's Dormant 'Visual Core' Chip Gets Activated In Latest Android Developer Preview 32
Regulators Question Google Over Location Data 19
Samsung's Galaxy S9 Will Appear At CES In January, Says Report 41
Google Collects Android Users' Locations Even When Location Services Are Disabled 196
Even New Phones Are No Longer Guaranteed To Have the Latest Version of Android 158
OnePlus 5T Featuring 6-inch AMOLED Display, 3.5mm Headphone Jack Launched 54
UC Browser Mobile App Disappears From Google Play Store 34
OnePlus Phones Come Preinstalled With a Factory App That Can Root Devices 73
Uber Drivers In Lagos Are Using a Fake GPS App To Inflate Rider Fares 86
Google To Kill a Bunch of Useful Android Apps That Rely On Accessibility Services 105
CopperheadOS Fights Unlicensed Installations On Nexus Phones 97
Chrome Update Kills Annoying Redirects and Trick-To-Click Popups 41
A Huge Redesign Is Coming To Snapchat 42
Fake WhatsApp App Downloaded 1 Million Times 51
Some Google Pixel 2 XL Units Shipped Without an Operating System 34
Android Oreo Bug Sends Thousands of Phones Into Infinite Boot Loops 78
A Surge of Sites and Apps Are Exhausting Your CPU To Mine Cryptocurrency 128
BlackBerry CEO Promises To Try To Break Customers' Encryption If the US Government Asks Him To 107
Everything New In the Android 8.1 Oreo Developer Preview 42
Google Addresses Pixel 2 XL Display Issues, Pixel 2 Clicking Sounds With Software Updates 103
Roku Wants To Start Streaming To Third-Party Devices 25
Some Pixel 2 Users Are Complaining About A High-Pitched Whine and Clicking Noises 105
Essential Announces $200 (29%) Discount on Phones -- Price Dropped To $499 106
Google Offers $1,000 Bounties For Hacking Dropbox, Tinder, Snapchat, and Others 39
Google Says 64 Percent of Chrome Traffic On Android Now Protected With HTTPS, 75 Percent On Mac, 66 Percent On Windows 90
How Google's Pixel 2 'Now Playing' Song Identification Works 129
Samsung To Let Proper Linux Distros Run on Galaxy Smartphones 226
ZTE Launches Axon M, a Foldable, Dual-Screened Smartphone 61
Android Oreo Helps Google's Pixel 2 Smartphones Outperform Other Android Flagships 91
Essential Is Getting Sued For Allegedly Stealing Wireless Connector Technology 43
Google Is Really Good At Design 187
Down the Rabbit Hole With a BLU Phone Infection 43
Is the Chromebook the New Android Tablet? 182
Failed Palo Alto Startup Pivots From Trying To Be an 'Android Killer' To Self-driving Tech 71
OxygenOS Telemetry Lets OnePlus Tie Phones To Individual Users 164
Slashdot Asks: Does the World Need a Third Mobile OS? 304
Can Cheap Android Tablets Bridge the Digital Divide? 111
Microsoft Brings Edge To Android and IOS 127
Google Is Latest Company To Ditch Headphone Jack In Its Newest Smartphones 391
Why Google Needs Gadgets 37
Ask Slashdot: Why Would Anyone Want To Spend $1,000 on a Smartphone? 487
Bill Gates Has An Android Phone. Has Microsoft Changed? 156
Linux LTS Kernels To Now Be Maintained For Six Years 79
Not Many People Are Buying Andy Rubin's iPhone-Killer Essential Phone, It Seems 148
Firefox For iOS Gets Tracking Protection, Firefox Focus For Android Gets Tabs 28
Security Researchers Warn that Third-Party GO Keyboard App is Spying on Millions of Android Users 65
Google Buys Part of HTC's Smartphone Team For $1.1 Billion 92
Samsung Finally Lets You Disable the Bixby Button Without a Third-Party App 55
Essential Phone Now Supported By All Four Major Carriers (Including Verizon) 53
Apple's A11 Bionic Chip In iPhone 8 and iPhone X Smokes Android Handsets In Early Benchmarks 332
PSA: Google Will Delete Your Android Backups If Your Device Is Inactive For Two Months 166
Target's Sales Floors Are Switching From Apple To Android Devices 137
BlueBorne Vulnerabilities Impact Over 5 Billion Bluetooth-Enabled Devices 121
Android Always Beats the iPhone To New Features, Qualcomm Says 177
I Downloaded an App. Suddenly, I was a Rescue Dispatcher. 172
Galaxy Note 8 Sets New Pre-Order Record For Samsung Despite Last Year's Disaster 39
Google Is Apparently Ready To Buy Smartphone Maker HTC 102
Android Oreo Bug Eats Up Mobile Data Even When On Wi-Fi 89
Android Oreo's Rollback Protection Will Block OS Downgrades 119
TrustZone Downgrade Attack Opens Android Devices To Old Vulnerabilities 45
Android One Is Anything But Dead, Google Reaffirms With Xiaomi Mi A1 97
Vulnerabilities Discovered In Mobile Bootloaders of Major Vendors 76
With Android Oreo, Google Is Introducing Linux Kernel Requirements 120
Huawei Unveils AI Mobile Chipset Said To Rival A11 Processor In Upcoming iPhones 77
Petition Asks the Developers of Phoenix OS to Open Source the Kernel 34
LG Announces V30 Smartphone With 'FullVision' OLED Display, Dual Cameras 45
Uber Says It'll Stop Tracking Riders After They're Dropped Off 69
Palm Devices Are Coming In 2018 Without WebOS, Says Report 81
Google Unveils ARCore, Its Answer To Apple's ARKit 40
Tech Firms Team Up To Take Down 'WireX' Android DDoS Botnet 29
Google Pulls 500+ Backdoored Apps With Over 100 Million Downloads From Google Play 58
Slashdot Asks: What Are Your Favorite Android Oreo Features? 277
Sony Loses Class Action Lawsuit In Waterproof Claims For Original Xperia Z Line 23
Android O Is Now Officially Android Oreo 132
postmarketOS Pursues A Linux-Based, LTS OS For Android Phones 111
Android O Is Officially Launching August 21 86
The Verge's Essential Phone Review: An Arcane Artifact From an Unrealized Future 55
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Batteries Are Being Recalled For Overheating Risk 77
Essential Phone Will Ship Next Week, Shortly After Breaking $1 Billion Valuation 88
Google Allo For Chrome Finally Arrives, But Only For Android Users 88
App Developers Should Charge More If They Want People To Buy Subscriptions, Suggests Report 50
Opera Kills Off Its Free Data-Saving App, Opera Max 25
Spyware Apps Found on Google Play Store 37
Apple Refuses To Enable iPhone Emergency Settings that Could Save Countless Lives 279
T-Mobile To Launch Its Own Branded Budget Smartphone 17
Android 8.0's 'Streaming OS Updates' Will Work Even If Your Phone Is Full 40
YouTube Adds Mobile Chat, Because Google Doesn't Have Enough Messaging Apps 25
OpenSSL Support In Debian Unstable Drops TLS 1.0/1.1 Support 76
BLU Claims Innocence, Gets Phones Reinstated On Amazon 43
Lenovo Switches To Stock Android For All Future Smartphones 80
Google Now Permits Android Apps That Facilitate Gambling With Real Money 44
Google's Message To Developers: Fix Your App's Performance Issues Else See Them Demoted On Play Store 65
Amazon Suspends Sales of Blu Android Phones Due To Privacy Concerns 66
Is the iPhone 'Years' Ahead of Android In Photography? 408
Bluetooth Battery Level Indicators May Soon Be Coming To Android 28
Do Kill Switches Deter Cellphone Theft? 97
Stealthy Google Play Apps Recorded Calls and Stole Emails 55
Samsung Said To Open Its Pay Service, Could Make It Available On Rival Companies' Smartphones 47
Some Low-Cost Android Phones Come at a Price -- Your Privacy 89
Motorola Unveils the Moto Z2 Force, a Smartphone With Double the Cameras and a Shatterproof Screen 47
Samsung's 'Bixby' Voice Assistant Finally Launches In US 40
Android Backdoor 'GhostCtrl' Can Silently Record Your Audio, Video and More 69
Some OnePlus 5s Are Reportedly Rebooting After Dialing 911 59
End of the Line For Remix OS as Jide Shifts Its Energy Towards the Enterprise 30
HTC Keyboard Ads Likely an Error, But Damage is Already Done 142
Windows Phone Dies Today 233
RED Launches a $1,200 Smartphone With a 'Hydrogen Holographic Display' 76
Google May Face Another Record EU Fine, This Time Over Android 192
Google Photos 3.0 Released, Bringing Smarter Sharing, Suggestions and Shared Libraries 54
Mozilla Launches Privacy-Minded 'Firefox Focus' Browser For Android 58
OnePlus 5, 'The Best Sub-$500 Phone You Can Buy', Launched 174
Steve Jobs Wanted the First iPhone To Have a Permanent Back Button Like Android 208
Samsung's Bixby Voice Assistant Is Finally Coming to the US -- But Only As a Preview 21
Google Adds Android App Support To Additional Chromebooks 13
Samsung Left Millions Vulnerable To Hackers Because It Forgot To Renew a Domain 54
Google Hires Key Apple Chip Architect To Build Custom Chips For Pixel Phones 52
Google Launches Android O Developer Preview 3 With Final APIs 16
With Essential, 'Already a Unicorn', Andy Rubin Wants To Disrupt the Apple-Samsung 'Duopoly' 86
Moving On From Fire Phone Turmoil, Amazon Plans New Android Smartphones: Report 40
Google Quadruples Top Reward For Hacking Android To $200,000 14
Andy Rubin Says Essential's Ambient OS Will Be Open Source, Hints at Better Update Cycle 28
Essential Home is an Amazon Echo Competitor That 'Puts Privacy First' 68
PC Market Could Return To Growth in 2019 94
Android Creator Andy Rubin Launches Top-of-the-line Essential Phone 193
Malicious Apps Brought Ad-Clicking 'Judy' Malware To Millions Of Android Phones 55
Facebook's Instant Articles Platform To Support Google AMP, Apple News 23
T-Mobile's 'Digits' Program Revamps the Phone Number 51
And Now, a Brief Definition of the Web 64
'Sony Needs a Fresh Hit' 123
Samsung's Galaxy S8 Active Looks Like a Rugged LG G6 31
Hackers Hit Russian Bank Customers, Planned International Cyber Raids 19
Google Launches Google Assistant On the iPhone 6
Google Home Gets Notifications, Hands-Free Calling, a TV Interface and More 37
Amazon Refreshes Fire 7 and Fire HD 8 Tablets 28
Android Now Supports the Kotlin Programming Language 91
Google Takes Another Shot At Making Android Great On Low-Budget Smartphones 55
Google's Android Now Powers More Than 2 Billion Devices 30
HTC Launches 'U11' Squeezable Smartphone With Snapdragon 835 CPU, No Headphone Jack 69
Motorola Looks at Dirt-Cheap Smartphones Again, Launches Moto C and Moto C Plus 55
Netflix Says No To Unlocked Android Smartphones 255
Slashdot Asks: In the Wake Of Ransomware Attacks, Should Tech Companies Change Policies To Support Older OSs Indefinitely? 360
Google's 'Project Treble' Could Lead To Faster Android Updates 83
Google Maps Now Uses Street View To Show You Exactly Where To Make Turns 25
Microsoft Is Surprisingly Comfortable With Its New Place In a Mobile, Apple, and Android World 73
Google's Upcoming 'Fuchsia' Smartphone OS Dumps Linux, Has a Wild New UI 219
Global App Usage Still Rising, and Users in the US Spend 135 Minutes a Day in Them 47
A New Instance of Android Malware is Discovered Every 10 Seconds, Say Researchers 106
User Expresses Privacy Concerns After Software Update Replaces Default Phone App 95
Over 200 Android Apps Are Currently Using Ultrasonic Beacons To Track Users 192
Court Rules In 'Sextortion' Case That Phone PINs Are Not Protected By Fifth Amendment 410
Open Ports Create Backdoors In Millions of Smartphones 122
Anbox Can Run Android Apps Natively On Linux (In A Container) 66
Samsung Will Fix the Galaxy S8 Red Tint Issue With a Software Update 31
Benchmarks Show Galaxy S8 With Snapdragon 835 Is a Much Faster Android Handset 82
Google Agrees To Open Android To Other Search Engines In Russia 64
Samsung Blocks Ability To Remap Galaxy S8's Bixby Button 119
Google Photos Can Now Stabilize All Your Shaky Phone Camera Videos 54
Samsung Is Delaying the 'Voice' Part of Its New Bixby Voice Assistant 38
Google Ruins the Assistant's Shopping List, Turns It Into a Big Google Express Ad 99
Google Announces Android Cross-Licensing Program 'PAX' -- But Why? 33
Android Devices Can Be Fatally Hacked By Malicious Wi-Fi Networks 154
Android Overtakes Windows as the Internet's Most Used Operating System 138
Microsoft To Sell Customized Edition of Samsung Galaxy S8 Android Smartphones 83
Verizon To Force 'AppFlash' Spyware On Android Phones 120
'Samsung Dex' Is a Galaxy S8 Dock That Turns Your Phone Into a Desktop 99
App Store Sales For Android To Overtake Apple's iOS, Research Firm Says 53
Samsung Launches Galaxy S8 Smartphone 104
What Killed Adobe Flash? 230
The Galaxy S8 Will Be Samsung's Biggest Test Ever 90
71 Percent of Android Phones On Major US Carriers Have Out of Date Security Patches 103
Android O First Developer Preview Featuring Notification Channels, Background Limits Now Available 64
Samsung Announces Bixby, Its New Digital Assistant Launching With the Galaxy S8 71
Google Maps Lets You Record Your Parking Location, Time Left At the Meter 50
Android Creator Lost Out On a Big Investment, and Apple May Be To Blame 74
Class-Action Lawsuit Targets LG Over Legendary G4, V10 Bootloop Issues 31
Many Smartphone Owners Don't Take Steps To Secure Their Devices 143
Kickstarter Campaign Aims To Add a Full Android Device To the Back of Your iPhone 158
Malware Found Preinstalled On 38 Android Phones Used By 2 Companies 54
MAC Address Randomization Flaws Leave Android and iOS Phones Open To Tracking 56
Android is About To Eclipse Windows as the World's Most-Used Operating System 169
Google Will Release a New Pixel Phone this Year 55
Sorry, Apple, the Headphone Jack Isn't Going Anywhere 332
AOL Is Cutting Off Third-Party App Access To AIM 118
Moto, Huawei Are Replacing the Android Keys With a Touchpad 54
BlackBerry Returns With 3 Possible New Phones in 2017, But Do You Care? 92
LG Unveils G6 Android Nougat Smartphone With a Compact 5.7-Inch QHD+ 18:9 Display 111
Google Assistant To Be Available On Older Versions of Android Soon 29
Google Renames Messenger To Android Messages as the Company Pushes RCS 92
LG's Latest Battery Is Also a Phone 89
ZDNet: Linux 'Takes The World' While Windows Dominates The Desktop 224
Congressman Calls For Probe Into Trump's Unsecured Android Phone 507
Researchers Discover Security Problems Under the Hood of Automobile Apps 27
HTC To Stop Making Budget Android Phones This Year 40
99.6 Percent of New Smartphones Run Android or iOS 91
China's Huawei Catching Up With Apple, Samsung Smartphone Sales 62
Google's Not-so-secret New OS 129
Oracle Refuses To Accept Android's 'Fair Use' Verdict, Files Appeal 155
Google Might Be Gearing Up To Remove Millions of Play Store Apps Next Month 53
Android Wear 2.0 Is An Evolutionary Update To Google's Smartwatch OS 40
Google Will Reportedly Remove Google Now Launcher From Play Store 35
Google Is Integrating Progressive Web Apps Deeper Into Android 46
Google Hands Over $3M in Bug Bounties as Payouts Soar For New Android Flaws 28
Razer Buys Nextbit 12
Remote Attackers Can Force Samsung Galaxy Devices Into Never-Ending Reboot Loop 71
Ask Slashdot: A Point of Contention - Modern User Interfaces 489
A Lack of Alternatives To Qualcomm Is Hurting the Ecosystem 73
Google's Pixel 2 To Feature Improved Camera, CPU and Higher Price, Says Report 105
Samsung's Galaxy S8 Will Feature a Headphone Jack, Desktop Dock, 'Infinity Display' and More, Says In-Depth Report 146
Viruses, Spyware Found in 'Alarming' Number of Android VPN Apps 52
LG Continues To Bleed Money, Thanks To Smartphones 86
Netflix Will Now Let Android Users Download Content Onto SD Storage 62
Google Starts Live Testing Instant Apps on Android 23
Google Voice Receives First Update in Five Years 89
Android Device's Pattern Lock Can Be Cracked Within Five Attempts, Researchers Show 147
Every Upcoming Chromebook Will Run Android Apps 71
Samsung Answers Burning Note 7 Questions, Vows Better Batteries 84
Do Android Users Still Use Custom Roms? 215
Google Pressured 90,000 Android Developers Over Insecure Apps 50
Galaxy S7 Display Defaults To Full HD After Nougat Update, But You Can Switch Back 21
Trump Trades in Android Phone For Secret Service-Approved Device 206
Microsoft is Bringing Cortana To Android Lock Screen 94
Thousands of Note 7 Phones Still in Use On Verizon, All Non-911 Calls To Be Rerouted To Customer Service 139
Android Will Now Store Google Searches Offline and Deliver Them When You Get Signal 35
Low-Cost Android One Phones Coming To The US, Says Report 91
China Orders App Stores To Join Register 23

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