Android Stories for 2019

A Twitter App Bug Was Used To Match 17 Million Phone Numbers To User Accounts 5
Facebook is Building an Operating System So it Can Ditch Android 141
Google Warns Turkish Partners Over New Android Phones Amid Dispute 16
Google Halts Chrome 79 Rollout After It Breaks Some Android Apps 19
Google Built Its Own Tiny HDMI 2.1 Box To Jump-Start 'the Next Generation of Android TV' 23
Qualcomm To Offer GPU Driver Updates On Google Play Store For Some Snapdragon Chips 8
New Linux Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hijack VPN Connections 43
Brother of Drug Lord Pablo Escobar Launches 'Unbreakable' Foldable Smartphone 107
Vulnerability In Fully Patched Android Phones Under Active Attack By Bank Thieves 98
OnePlus Notifies Customers of Data Breach Impacting Users of Its Online Store 7
Google Wants Android To Use Regular Linux Kernel 87
Xiaomi Integrates Earthquake Alert System Into MIUI OS 9
Google and Samsung Fix Android Spying Flaw. Other Makers May Still Be Vulnerable 10
Motorola Resurrects the Razr As a Foldable Android Smartphone 77
Smartphone Maker Realme is Taking India and Other Emerging Markets by Storm 10
Google Asks Three Outside Antivirus Firms To Start Scanning Submissions To Android's Play Store 14
Bill Gates Thinks Windows Mobile Would Have Beaten Android Without Microsoft's Antitrust Woes 254
Google Asks Three Mobile Security Firms To Help Scan Play Store Apps 13
The Original Google Pixel Will Get One Final Update In December 47
Android Bug Lets Hackers Plant Malware Via NFC Beaming 14
Incognito Mode For Google Maps Arrives On Android 22
New 'Unremovable' XHelper Malware Has Infected 45,000 Android Devices 60
Nvidia Revamps Shield Android TV Streamer, Introduces New $150 Model 47
The Four Major Carriers Finally Agree To Replace SMS With a New RCS Standard 117
Google's Play Store Gives a Worse Age Rating To Fleksy, a Gboard Rival 23
The Pixel 4's 90Hz Display Only Works At High Brightness Levels 29
Android Pie Passes 20% Adoption After 12 Months 36
Maker of Keyboard App Fleksy: Google Upped Age Rating Over Middle Finger Emoji 32
Chrome 78 Arrives With New APIs, Dark Mode Improvements On Android and iOS 45
Google Says a Fix For Pixel 4 Face Unlock Is 'Months' Away 32
Google Hardware Chief Says He Does Not Know Why Pixel 4 Smartphone With Snapdragon 855 Processor Can't Support 4K Video Recording at 60FPS 78
Samsung Says Anyone's Thumbprint Can Unlock $900 Galaxy S10 Smartphone 40
Google Ejects Open-Source WireGuard From Play Store Over Donation Links 39
Google Announces the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL Smartphones 66
Study: Many Popular Medical Apps Send User Info To 3rd Or 4th Parties 18
Windows 10 Testers Can Now Answer Android Phone Calls and Text Messages 21
Disgraced Google Exec Andy Rubin Quietly Left His Venture Firm Earlier This Year 48
Essential Reveals Project Gem Smartphone With Very Long, Unusual Design 89
'Call of Duty: Mobile' Smashes Records With 100 Million Downloads in First Week 43
The Privacy Trade-Offs of Cheap Android Smartphones 22
Attackers Exploit New 0-day Vulnerability Giving Full Control of Android Phones 26
Egypt Used Google Play In Spy Campaign Targeting Its Own Citizens 12
Samsung Owes Galaxy S4 Owners $10 For Cheating On Benchmarks 32
Microsoft Announces the Surface Duo, a Dual-Screen Android Phone 57
'My Galaxy Fold Display Is Damaged After a Day' 66
OnePlus 7T Brings Snapdragon 855+, More Cameras For $599 29
The /e/ Google-Free, Pro-Privacy Android Clone Is Now Available 43
Android 10 Go Edition Improves Speed and Security For Low-cost Phones 18
Xiaomi Launches Big 5G Challenge To Huawei in China 8
Google Play Pass Bundles 350 Android Games and Apps For $4.99 Per Month 14
VPN Apps With 500M+ Installs Caught Serving Disruptive Ads To Android Users 14
Huawei's Flagship Mate 30 Pro Has Impressive Specs But No Google 58
Google Preps 'Smart Screenshots' Feature To Let You Search With a Screenshot 17
ASUS ROG Phone II Proves To Be the Fastest Android Phone On the Market Currently 36
Most Android Flashlight Apps Request An Absurd Number of Permissions 109
The Feature-rich Vivaldi Browser Arrives on Android 33
Google Expands Bug Bounty Programme To All Apps With Over 100M Installs 2
Qualcomm's 5G Modem is Coming To Midrange Phones Next Year 10
Why Phones That Secretly Listen To Us Are a Myth 219
How Samsung Fixed the Galaxy Fold 72
Trusted Face Smart Unlock Method Has Been Removed From Android Devices 11
Android 10 Launches Today, and Pixel Phones Get the Day One Update 45
Android Exploits Are Now Worth More Than iOS Exploits for the First Time 26
iPhone-Monitoring Crackers Also Targeted Android and Windows, Targeted Ethnic Group in China 25
Huawei's Next Phone Will Not Have Google Apps 42
Google To Shift Pixel Smartphone Production From China To Vietnam 78
Trojan Dropper Malware Found In CamScanner Android App With 100+ Million Downloads 34
The Fairphone 3 Packs in Features While Keeping Its Green Credentials 47
Google Confirms Android 10 Will Fix 193 Security Vulnerabilities 31
Americans Are Waiting Three Years To Replace Their Phones, Study Finds 149
Android Ditches Desserts as Q Becomes 10 117
Google Launches Android Studio 3.5 With Improved Memory Settings, Build Speed, and Apply Changes 15
Huawei Is Working On Its Own Version of Google Maps 42
Google Will Now Let Android Users Log In To Some Services Without A Password 26
Google Launches 'Live View' AR Walking Directions For Google Maps 20
Samsung Hides Ads That Made Fun of Apple's Removal of Headphone Jack 188
Google Pixel 4 Will Have 90Hz 'Smooth Display and DSLR Camera Attachment 56
Samsung's DeX On Note 10 Brings Phone Apps To Your PC 32
Samsung Unveils Galaxy Note10, Note10+, and Note10+ 5G 86
Huawei Tests Smartphone With Own OS, Could Potentially Start Selling Them Later This Year 70
Google's New Automated Voice Service Lets You Silently Share Information With Emergency Operators 15
Google Opens Auction For Default Android Search Engine in Europe 29
Google Is Testing a $4.99 App Subscription Bundle 49
Samsung Won't Let Android Tablets Die, Announces the Galaxy Tab S6 96
Chrome 76 Arrives With Flash Blocked By Default 87
Sony and LG Continue To Struggle To Sell Smartphones 76
The Google Pixel 4 Will Have Built-In Radar and Unlock With a Face Scan 72
Privacy-Focused Android Q Still Lets Advertisers Track You 63
RED Founder Blames Chinese Company For Hydrogen One Problems and Announces Hydrogen Two 36
Asus Unveils High-End 'ROG Phone II' Smartphone With 120Hz Display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, and Giant Battery 102
Russian Lawmakers Propose Making Local Software Mandatory on Smartphones 52
Huawei Says Hongmeng OS Isn't Designed as an Android Replacement 33
Making the Case For a Microsoft Surface Phone That Runs Android 73
Microsoft Word Hits 1 Billion Installs on Google Play 107
Permission-Greedy Apps Delayed Android 6 Upgrade So They Could Harvest More User Data 62
Malicious Apps Infect 25 Million Android Devices With 'Agent Smith' Malware 26
Slashdot Asks: How Long Before Google Shuts Down Its Little -- But Expensive -- Pixel Smartphones Project? 109
More Than 1,000 Android Apps Harvest Data Even After You Deny Permissions 85
Fake Samsung Firmware Update App Tricks More Than 10 Million Android Users 61
Microsoft's Your Phone App Can Now Mirror Your Android Phone's Notifications 67
'Motorola Has Let Me Down For the Last Time' 114
Samsung Chief Says He Pushed Galaxy Fold 'Before It Was Ready' 61
India Widens Antitrust Probe Into Google's Android Dominance 65
Mozilla Launches GeckoView-Powered Firefox Preview For Android 62
Bill Gates Shares His 'Greatest Mistake Ever' 269
Google's Officially Done Making Its Own Tablets 105
Google Is Finally Taking Charge of the RCS Rollout 40
LG's 5G Phones in Doubt as Chip Deal With Qualcomm Set To Expire 23
Huawei Started Serving Ads On Phone Lock Screens Without Asking Users' Permission 71
Shazam for Android Now Recognizes Music Playing Through Headphones 44
Google Maps Will Tell You If Your Taxi Driver Is Veering Off Course To Rack Up a Higher Fare 115
Huawei is Reportedly Asking App Developers To Publish on its AppGallery 70
Smartphone Shipment Forecast Cut To 1.35 Billion For 2019 as Uncertainty Prevails 44
Facebook Suspends App Pre-installs on Huawei Phones 59
Google Warns of US National Security Risks From Huawei Ban 119
Google To 'Stop Supporting' Google Trips For Android 27
Germany: Backdoor Found in Four Smartphone Models; 20,000 Users Infected 70
Google Launches Android Q Beta 4 With Final APIs and Official SDK 13
Moto Z4 Brings Back Headphone Jack, Is 5G Ready For $500 56
The Galaxy Note 10 Won't Have Headphone Jack or Buttons, Report Says 206
Huawei's Android Replacement OS Will Launch in June, Company Exec Says 72
Huawei Has Now Been Cut Off By the SD Association, Wi-Fi Alliance 276
Walmart Debuts Three Sub-$100 Tablets With Google Services 115
Millions of Golfers Land In Privacy Hazard After Cloud Misconfig 29
Crowdfunded Android Console Ouya Will Be Shut Down On June 25th 77
Android and iOS Devices Impacted By New Sensor Calibration Attack 59
First Official Version of Tor Browser for Android Released on Play Store 33
Huawei Considers Rivals To Google's Android After US Ban 152
Huawei Responds To Android Ban With Service and Security Guarantees, But Its Future Remains Unclear 167
Google Ends Android Collaboration With Huawei. No Gmail, Play Store For Future Huawei Phones 293
Google Pushes Kotlin Over Java for Android Development 117
OnePlus 7 Pro Boasts a 90Hz Screen, Three Cameras, and Costs $669 65
/e/ Announces 'Un-Googled' Android Smartphones 126
India is Investigating Google Over Alleged Android Abuse 47
One Year Later, Restaurants Are Still Confused By Google Duplex 30
Google Is Bringing Electronic IDs To Android 84
Google Play Will Weight App Ratings To Favor Those From More Recent Releases 60
Google Finally Updates Android Distribution Dashboard, Pie Passes 10 Percent 31
Android Q Gets Dark Mode, Live Video Captioning, Better Gestures and More 29
Google Rolls Out New Pixel Phones With Great Cameras At Lower Price Points 96
Google To Roll Out Auto-Delete Controls For Location History and Activity Data 65
Google Hasn't Updated Android Distribution Data In 6 Months 62
Google Bans Developer With Half a Billion App Downloads From Play Store 27
KaiOS Takes on the iOS-Android Mobile Duopoly 58
iFixit Pulls Galaxy Fold Teardown At Samsung's Request 76
Security Flaw Lets Attackers Recover Private Keys From Qualcomm Chips 44
Chrome 74 Arrives With Less Motion Sickness, New JavaScript Features 60
Malicious Lifestyle Apps Found On Google Play, 30 Million Installs Recorded 31
BlackBerry Messenger To Shut Down In May 39
Google, Huawei Agree To Pay Owners of Faulty Nexus 6P Devices Up To $400 10
Windows 10 Ported To OnePlus 6T Smartphone 62
'Exodus' Spyware Found Targeting Apple iOS Users 28
HTC Removes Many of Its Android Apps From the Play Store 20
Samsung's Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Fooled By 3D Printer 42
Android TV Update Puts Home-Screen Ads On Multi-Thousand-Dollar Sony Smart TVs 212
'SPURV' Project Brings Windowed Android Apps To Desktop Linux 52
Kaspersky Lab Will Warn You If Your Phone is Infected With Stalkerware 31
Google's Second Android Q Beta Brings Us 'Bubbles' Multitasking 42
Readdle Brings Free Spark Email App To Android, Promises No Ads or Tracking 26
Google Is Killing Off the Pixel 2, Inbox, goo.gl URL Shortener, and Google+ This Week 90
Google: Play Protect Cut Harmful Android App Installs by 20% in 2018 26
Researchers Find Google Play Store Apps Were Actually Government Malware 41
Would You Put Ads On Your Homescreens For Free Mobile Service? 98
Oracle Tells Supreme Court Google Copyright Breach Knocked It Out Of Smartphone Market 290
New Huawei Phone Has a 5x Optical Zoom, Thanks To a Periscope Lens 88
Android Users' Security and Privacy At Risk From Shadowy Ecosystem of Pre-Installed Software, Study Warns 27
Google Will Implement a Microsoft-Style Browser Picker For EU Android Devices 59
Opera Adds Free and Unlimited VPN Service To Its Android Browser 75
Google Play Apps With 150 Million Installs Contain Aggressive Adware 37
Android Q Will Kill Clipboard Manager Apps in the Name of Privacy 42
Huawei Says It Has a Backup OS In Case It's Cut Off From Android 85
Samsung Is Working On 'Perfect Full-Screen' Devices With Selfie Cameras Under the Display 89
Microsoft Announces Xbox Live For Any iOS Or Android Game 22
Two-Thirds of Android Antivirus Apps Are Total BS 67
Google Hardware Makes Cuts To Laptop and Tablet Development, Cancels Products 37
Google Launches Android Q Beta 1 33
Alphabet's AI-Powered Chrome Extension Hides Toxic Comments 196
Google's New Voice Recognition System Works Instantly and Offline (If You Have a Pixel) 41
Microsoft is Preparing To Test Android App-Mirroring on Windows 10 30
The Official Android Beta Community Moves From Google+ To Reddit 33
Google Releases Speech Recognition App Bolo To Help Kids Learn To Read in India; Intends To Bring It To Other Countries in Future 31
Microsoft Excel Can Now Turn Pictures of Tables Into Actual, Editable Tables 82
The Volvo Polestar 2 Is the First Google-Powered, All-Electric Car 92
Android Is Helping Kill Passwords on a Billion Devices 123
Huawei Unveils the Mate X, a Foldable 5G Smartphone That Costs $2,600 106
Facebook Will Shut Down Its Spyware VPN App Onavo 27
A Psion Palmtop Successor Has Arrived and It Runs Android and Linux 82
Facebook Now Lets Android Users Block Background Collection of Location Data 81
Samsung Announces Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10 Plus, and Galaxy S10E Smartphones 82
'Samsung's One UI Is the Best Software It's Ever Put On a Smartphone' 84
Android Q May Change the Back Button To a Gesture 130
Samsung's New Galaxy Tab S5e Is Its Lightest and Thinnest Tablet Ever 46
18,000 Android Apps Track Users By Violating Advertising ID Policies 33
Ask Slashdot: Could Android and iOS Become Popular Desktop Operating Systems? 193
Google Play Store App Rejections Up 55% From Last Year, App Suspensions Up 66% 23
Google Plans Cheaper Smartphone To Draw Users Into Internet Empire 100
Samsung's Android Browser Hits 1 Billion Downloads, More Than Firefox and Opera Combined 87
Android Phones Can Be Hacked Remotely By Viewing Malicious PNG Image 149
Google Play Caught Hosting An App That Steals Users' Cryptocurrency 66
Google Might Be Working On a New Smartwatch, Report Says 36
The Moto G7 Lineup Offers Bigger Screens and Smaller Bezels On a Budget 66
Many Popular iPhone Apps Secretly Record Your Screen Without Asking 97
Ask Slashdot: Are Custom Android ROMs Still a Thing? 166
Google's Live Transcribe and Sound Amplifier Aim To Help the Hard of Hearing 30
Google Play Store Now Open For Progressive Web Apps 49
Google Play Apps With Over 4.3 Million Downloads Stole Pics, Pushed Porn Ads 48
Google Cleans Up Gmail App With An All-White Redesign 138
South Korea Rules Pre-Installed Phone Bloatware Must Be Deletable 112
Google's I/O Developer Conference Starts May 7th At the Shoreline Amphitheater 10
Google Will Start Retiring Hangouts For G Suite Users In October 35
Android Q Will Include More Ways For Carriers To SIM Lock Your Phone 262
A Look at the Amount of Time Smartphone Vendors Have Taken To Roll out Major Android Updates To Their Handsets, and How Things Are Beginning To Improve 131
Microsoft Suggests Windows 10 Mobile Users Switch To iOS or Android As Support Winds Down 73
Google Play Malware Used Phones' Motion Sensors To Conceal Itself 55
Twitter Bug Exposed Some Android Users' Protected Tweets For Years 13
Some Android GPS Apps Are Just Showing Ads on Top of Google Maps 65
LG Will Launch a Phone With a Second Screen Attachment 44
Google Play Starts Manually Whitelisting SMS, Phone Apps 37
Google's Transition To 64-Bit Apps Begins in August, 32-Bit Support To End in 2021 93
Android Studio 3.3 Now Available To Download On Stable Channel, New Version Focuses On 'Refinement and Quality' 14
Top Android Phone Makers Are Killing Useful Background Processes and Breaking 3rd-Party Apps To 'Superficially Improve' Battery Life, Developers Allege 162
VLC Passes 3 Billion Downloads 96
Malware Found Preinstalled On Some Alcatel Smartphones 35
Don't Expect A New Nvidia Shield Tablet Anytime Soon 67
Samsung Phone Users Perturbed To Find They Can't Delete Facebook 315
Google Removes 85 Adware Apps That Were Installed By Millions of Users 46
Google's New SMS and Call Permission Policy is Crippling Apps Used by Millions 56
Sony Appears To Be Blocking Kodi On Its Recent Android TVs 115
Google's Fuchsia OS Confirmed To Have Android App Support Via Android Runtime 61
Ask Slashdot: An Android or iOS App For Boosting the Volume of Speech-Impaired Person? 68