Google and Samsung used to update smartphone software for only three years. That has changed. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of Tech Fix, ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Amazon (AMZN.O), opens new tab is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app developers over the ...

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Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work is distinguished by its meticulous focus on flagship ...

Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, ...

Sanuj is a tech enthusiast with a passion for exploring smartphones, tablets, and smart wearables. He started his tech journey with a Lumia smartphone, diving into Windows Phone. Later, he switched to ...

The news is good on this front. Google has promised that the whole Pixel 9 series will get seven years of software updates. This continues the welcome change that Google introduced with the Pixel 8 ...

All three new Galaxy S25 phones are promised seven years of software updates and seven years of security updates. Samsung’s new devices launched with Android 15 on board, which means Android 22 should ...