Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

Android earthquake detection has reshaped how people stay safe in seismic events by turning billions of smartphones into a global detection network. These everyday devices act as miniature sensors, ...

Android will soon ask if you want to enable Desktop Mode or mirror your screen when connecting to an external display. A new “don’t ask me again” checkbox allows the system to remember your preference ...

Security researchers have uncovered a "highly capable" new mobile banking Trojan targeting Android users in Indonesia and possibly across other Southeast Asian countries. Like many Android banking ...

Google is working on making Android earthquake alerts shareable. When you get an alert, you may see an option to share the message. The message will include the hashtag #AndroidEarthquakeAlerts.

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

The holiday season is a great time to check in with our older loved ones. Brenda Landers, Executive Director of the Metro Area Agency on Aging, stopped by First Look at Four to share some signs that ...

If you've never used TuneIn, this could be the right moment to install the app and give it a try, as a new feature announced this week provides drivers with alerts about a wide range of emergencies, ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes. In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the ...

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...