Android phones are getting major upgrades: emotion-aware captions, scam-checking AI, urgent call labels, safer group chats, ...

Nothing has begun rolling out Android 16-based Nothing OS 4.0 to the Phone (3a) and Phone (3a) Pro, bringing a redesigned ...

Security researchers at a Russian antivirus vendor claim to have found the world's first Android bootkit, a piece of malware that's designed to re-infect devices even after a thorough cleanup. Russian ...

Google is working on improving the cybersecurity of Android smartphones and tablets by hardening the defenses of the entire ecosystem at the firmware level. Firmware is the computer software behind ...

The Galaxy S25's BYK3 firmware containing the November 2025 security patch is currently live in Europe, Australia, the Middle ...

Google has started working to harden the security of Android at the firmware level, a component of the software stack that interacts directly with the various processors of a system on a chip (SoC).

Qualcomm had a single Android development prototype on the CTIA Wireless 2008 show floor this week, on an edge-of-booth stand with little to no signage. We stopped by to check out the progress of the ...

Why it matters: Android is the world's most popular mobile operating system, but it's also the hardest to secure against a variety of cybersecurity threats that keep evolving. Google aims to improve ...

Yandex—the Russian equivalent of Google—has developed firmware for Android devices. Yandex—the Russian equivalent of Google—has introduced a firmware kit for Android devices that lets ...

Two years after being outted, a criminal operation that has been inserting malware in the firmware of low-cost Android devices is still up and running, and has even expanded its reach. News of this ...

Continuing to diversify beyond search, Russian tech giant Yandex has today launched a complete firmware kit for Android smartphones — called Yandex.Kit — that offers an alternative suite of Yandex ...