Background activity can drain your battery and use your mobile data without you seeing it happen. Apps refresh in the background to keep content updated, which helps you pick up where you left off.

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 ...

Arguably the best Apple Watch apps are first-party ones from Apple that come pre-loaded on the Watch. I can't imagine living without apps like Wallet, Workout, and Music. But there are others from ...

After all, CARROT’s schtick is that it’s a weather app with personality. Specifically, it’s an opinionated weather app with an AI robot who happens to have a very snarky personality. If you like that ...

Earlier this year, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed a Texas law that requires age verification on certain websites to go into effect. But another, lesser-known Texas law is about to go into force, too.

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. At the end of last week, Google announced a noteworthy change to Wear OS 6+ and its built-in weather app. In ...

September 12, 2025, is Cloud Appreciation Day, according to the Cloud Appreciation Society. Its website encourages everyone to, “Look up to appreciate the beauty of the clouds.” As I child, that’s ...

Google is discontinuing its legacy Weather app for Wear OS 6 and newer versions. Wear OS 6 is the latest iteration of the software and is based on Android 16. Wear OS 6 users who already had the old ...

After releasing with Wear OS 3, the Google Weather app is now going away with Wear OS 6, though there are some caveats. On Wear OS 5 or earlier, there are no changes, and you can “continue to use and ...