Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology. I’ve spent time with the Shiftphone 8, a smartphone pre-installed with ...

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Google has just issued an updated Android distribution chart and it makes for an alarming read. The latest OS — Android 16 — was on just 7.5% of phones when the data was captured in December, while ...

Android 17 Beta 1 was postponed, but support details are out. Here's which Pixel devices qualify and what Google's updated rollout strategy means next.

After a somewhat underwhelming release last year, privacy-focused brand Punkt is back with the new MC03 smartphone, which is based on Android and ships with “AphyOS,” and coming to the US this year.

Motorola recently released phones with awful update policies, but it the company may have found a loophole regarding EU update laws.

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