Even if you’re a smartphone pro, there could be a lot to learn in the sections below. But if you’re new to the world of smartphones — or just the world of Android — this is the perfect place to get up ...

Search engines monetized ranking. App stores monetized distribution. Agentic operating systems will monetize orchestration. And platforms will find new ways to capture value.

For nearly two decades, smartphones have all worked pretty much the same, whether you bought an Apple iPhone or a phone running Google’s Android system: You have a grid of colorful apps that you tap ...

Nothing Phones Now Let You Build Personalized Apps With AI These Essential Apps, available via a new platform called Playground, are the first steps toward 'a new kind of AI-native operating system,' ...

The mobile company’s entry into the country introduces consumers to a new range of smartphones with an operating system that combines the best of both worlds.

We’ve seen a bunch of efforts to develop free and open source smartphone operating systems over the past decade. But most have relied on at least some proprietary drivers and other software – even on ...

Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...