Tamping down on preinstalled garbage on an Android is a tradition as old as the OS itself. Unlike Apple, which tightly controls both the hardware and software of its smartphones, Android phones aren't ...

Smartphones, especially Android devices, come preloaded with a lot of bloatware. Some of these apps do nothing but occupy space and use data every time they receive updates. Not to mention that ...

Sanuj Bhatia, the managing editor at Pocketnow, is responsible for supervising and contributing to all the content published on the website, including news, reviews, features, and how-tos. He began ...

The developer preview of Android 14 has rolled out. Android 14 DP1 has a hidden “apps installed in the background” menu. The feature lists every app installed in the background and allows you to ...

Those who own an Android phone may have noticed several apps already installed on the device the first time they turned it on. These pre-installed smartphone apps are more commonly referred to as ...

A third-party tool is making it easier to perform several ADB-initiated tasks on your Android TV. This tool runs on Windows and allows you to perform tasks on your Android TV device, such as ...

In an open letter published yesterday, more than 50 organizations have asked Google to take action against Android smartphone vendors who ship devices with unremovable pre-installed apps, also known ...

Over 50 organizations including the Digital Rights Foundation and DuckDuckGo have written an open letter to Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai about exploitive pre ...

Android bloatware. It’s a phrase that Android users know about all too well. A group of over fifty organizations have written an open letter to Google to do something about the Android bloatware ...