Google Play Store will show a warning label if an app excessively drains your Android phone’s battery

Google Play Store will soon flag apps that drain your Android battery, helping users spot power-hungry apps before installing them and pushing developers to improve their inefficient apps.
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Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032
Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. He fought two of the world’s most valuable and powerful companies almost all the way to the US Supreme Court, insulting them again and again: “crooked,” “deceitful,” “insanely sneaky,” calling Android a “fake open platform,” calling both […]

Here’s how Google describes its fee-reducing Apps Experience and Games Level Up programs
Here’s how Google describes its fee-reducing Apps Experience and Games Level Up programs

Today, Google killed its 30 percent app store fee, partially uncoupled Google Play from Google Play Billing after they were declared an illegal monopoly in the US, and much more. From July, depending on where you live, Google will now generally charge developers 20 percent for in-app purchases, or 10 percent for subscriptions – but […]

Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%

Google has dropped its commission, charging a 20% service fee and an optional 5% to use its billing services. It will also offer a new process for third-party app stores.

Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead
Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead

In November, Epic and Google jointly proposed a settlement that would change Android’s fate globally without cracking open Google’s Android monopoly quite the way it otherwise might. Today, Google has decided it’s not waiting for that settlement to be approved: it’s moving forward with many of its proposed changes right now, rolling them out globally […]

Here are the 6 best Google Pixel 10 upgrades coming in the next Pixel Drop update

Google has announced the features coming in its next Pixel Drop, and you’re in for a treat.

How to set up your calling card on an Android phone and customize it

Android users can now personalize their call screen with a new Calling Card feature in the Google Phone app. Here is a guide to setting it up and customizing how your contacts appear.
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How to share the location of your lost luggage with airlines using Android’s Find Hub

Find Hub on Android now lets you share your lost luggage location directly with airlines using a secure link, a year after iPhones got the feature.
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One of 2025’s most powerful camera phones is getting a successor, and it’s going global

OPPO confirms the Find X9 Ultra’s global debut, bringing advanced dual periscope cameras, massive battery upgrades, and a Hasselblad-tuned imaging system to international flagship buyers.
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March Pixel Drop and Android updates pack in smarter tools

Google’s March 2026 Pixel Drop enhances Circle to Search and introduces smarter restaurant recommendations through Magic Cue and Gemini, alongside broader Android ecosystem updates like Find Hub improvements.
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