Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...

Android shortcut apps vary by use case: MacroDroid is best for simple, everyday automations; Tasker suits power users needing deep system control; Automate balances power and ease with visual flows; ...

Installing APK files on Android devices allows you to access apps and features that aren’t available on the Google Play Store. Whether you want to install an older version of an app, try a beta ...

This guide will help you build a fully functional Android app using Java only, without Android Studio. It covers setting up the environment, creating a minimal project, building debug APKs, and ...

Sora continues to dominate, with early estimates saying the Android app was downloaded nearly half a million times in one day. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.

We want to hear from you! Share your thoughts in the comments and vote in the poll below — your take might be featured in a future roundup. I’ve encountered plenty of new apps in 2025, most of which I ...

So, you have all sorts of apps on your phone, but chances are, not all of them are actually useful to you all the time. There are apps that you use every day, and others that you touch once and never ...

For photographers looking to use a mobile device for high-end results, the camera app that comes installed on many Android phones rarely gives enough control over the camera hardware to achieve those ...