The Android operating system has always distinguished itself by its willingness to let folks color outside the lines. As a rule, Android smartphones have highly customizable user interfaces, a wide ...

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If you've been watching the news cycle around app bans and the policies around what is and isn't allowed in the app stores run by Apple and Google, you might have also seen references to "sideloading" ...

Android, unlike some phone operating systems, allows users to install software from outside the default app store (even if you don't live in Europe). And that's good, because there's all kinds of ...

On Android, installing apps outside Google Play is disabled by default to reduce malware and security risks. You can enable the ability to install Android apps from ...

Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...

The age-old debate over Android and iOS may never reach a fruitful conclusion. However, one way Android has always been superior to iOS is in its ease of installing applications. Android applications ...

There are both pros and cons of Android and iOS, but Android generally fares better when it comes to freedom of choice. Google's mobile OS is known for its customizability options, like replacing the ...

In recent weeks, Google deprecated the legacy Wear OS app install method for new phone-watch pairings. This means that buyers of new wearables or those that need to reset their devices might not see ...