The Android Debug Bridge (adb) backup and restore commands may be removed in a future Android release, as detailed in a commit merged into the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) git repository. adb is ...

One of the unexpected and big new features in Android Q is the addition of Bubbles for notifications. This new multitasking option has a lot of promise, but it’s not enabled on anything just yet.

Google’s Fuchsia team has begun a new effort that would allow Fuchsia devices to be managed with the ADB tool, just like an Android phone. On Android today, developers and enthusiasts are able to ...

Fire TV uses Android as its base OS, enabling access to ADB for a full Linux command line experience. Enabling ADB on Fire TV is straightforward through Developer Options to access a full command line ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

The Wear APK Install app uses a Wi-Fi file server to transfer apps to your smartwatch and lets you one-click install APKs.

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 this post, we will see what you can do if Fastboot is not working on Windows 11/10. The Fastboot binary is rather complex to use. It is a protocol that is used for sending commands to your Android ...

Android’s developer options have a few handy tricks, including the ability to make Android’s animations go faster. However, you can only use 0.5 normal speed or nothing (unless you want to go slower).