Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

Concerned about privacy? Discover five hidden Android settings, including Location History and background scanning, that ...

There’s a reason why apps frequently ask you for permission to access your location, even when they function adequately without it. Many companies like Google use your location services to provide ...

Kylin is an avid user of Android products and has been writing on Android hardware and software for over 5 years. He enjoys helping others learn new things that can help them get the most out of their ...

Google is tweaking the Android OS to directly embed ‘location sharing’ into the main settings. This will also allow users to share their device’s location right from Android’s settings menu. Android ...

Google is rolling out significant changes to its Maps Timeline feature, which tracks your location history. As part of this update, you will soon receive notifications that your Timeline data will be ...

Many smartphone users assume that turning off GPS completely hides their location. However, Google can still estimate where ...

This post will walk you through activating the Android 13 Location services for location-based apps and services to work smoothly on the newest Google Pixel device. Here’s a quick guide to enable ...

A recent privacy overhaul of Google's location services may have rippling effects far beyond an individual's phone usage, suggesting that the dominance of law enforcement data sweeping may soon be ...

Location services are what Android 12 uses to find out where you are. Your Android phone can then use this information for anything from Google Maps, Find My, Uber, Yelp, Android Auto, and many other ...

Google Maps is one of the most useful apps in an Android device. For most Android phones, this is also a core application that comes pre-installed. While the app is reliable and works almost always, ...

Three states and the District of Columbia allege that the tech giant misled consumers by continuing to track those who had changed their privacy settings to prevent data collection. By Cecilia Kang ...