mobile OS

Huawei Ditches Android Apps With HarmonyOS Next

Sanctioned Huawei formally launches HarmonyOS Next on smartphones, tablets as it builds new ecosystem around Android-free experience

1 month ago

Xiaomi Prepares Unified OS As Huawei Cuts Off Android

Xiaomi's HyperOS brings together smartphones and connected devices, while Huawei's HarmonyOS Next removes Android support

1 year ago

Tales In Tech History: Symbian

Once the world's leading mobile phone operating system, Symbian is yet another tech icon that is dead and buried

7 years ago

Silicon Readers Say Android Is The Dominant Mobile OS In The Workplace

Android is used by almost half of our readers at work and some people out there still use BlackBerry

7 years ago

Poll: What Mobile OS Do You Use At Work?

iOS? Android? Windows? Bada? What mobile operating system do you use at work? Let us know!

7 years ago

Microsoft Stops Work On Windows 10 Mobile Features & Hardware

Joe Belfiore says it will continue to support Windows 10 Mobile users with patches but its the end for new…

7 years ago

Bill Gates Admits He Uses An Android Smartphone

Microsoft's co-founder has revealed he uses an Android phone with 'a lot of Microsoft software' rather than a Windows device,…

7 years ago

Apple Makes iOS 11 Available For iPhone And iPad

iOS 11 Launch: The latest version of Apple's mobile operating system is now available

7 years ago

Android 8.0 Oreo Places Emphasis On Speed, Security And Multitasking

Google takes wrap off Oreo as Android prepares to take on iPhone and iOS 11 this autumn

7 years ago

Apple iOS 10.1.1 Update Appears To Be Rapidly Draining iPhone Battery Life

Users are seen the battery life of their iPhones drain in mere seconds after upgrading to iOS 10.1.1

8 years ago

Mozilla Ends Support For Firefox OS

Mozilla ends support for Firefox OS despite hope it could be used for smart TVs and reborn for connected devices

8 years ago

iOS 10 Delivers Plenty of Useful Features That Aren’t Just Eye Candy

ANALYSIS: Apple bills iOS 10 as its biggest mobile OS release, which could be true, but most people will be…

8 years ago

iOS 10 Launch: Apple Apologises For iPhone Update Problems

Apple iOS 10 will give developers access to Siri, Messages and Maps, a new HomeKit app and integrations for the…

8 years ago

Microsoft Wallet Comes To Some Windows 10 Lumia Smartphones

Microsoft Wallet is now available to Windows Insider users as Windows 10 gets Android Pay and Apple Pay rival

8 years ago

Marshmallow Now Powers One Tenth Of All Android Devices

Google’s latest Android build is now live on more than 10 percent of devices

8 years ago

Google To ‘Shame’ Manufacturers Too Slow At Updating Android

Android maker hopes that listing those who are slow to provide updates will help improve adoption ahead of Android N…

8 years ago

Android Software Flaw Affects ‘Up To 60 Percent’ Of Devices

Critical QSEE vulnerability through fake Android apps could allowing hackers access to your device

9 years ago

Google I/O 2016: Android Wear 2.0 Adds Standalone Apps In Major Update

Google I/O 2016: Google delivers biggest update to wearable platform since its launch 2 years ago, adding new APIs, user…

9 years ago

Security For Google’s New Home Assistant May Get Lost On The IoT

GOOGLE I/O 2016 ANALYSIS: Nobody knows what security is planned for Google Home smart assistant, but buyers need to think…

9 years ago

Google Releases Android N, Firebase Analytics, New ASIC

Google I/O 2016: Google gives developers and businesses Android N mobile OS update, freely available analytics engine and new ASIC…

9 years ago

New Samsung Devices Push Android Share To New High

Kantar figures reveal European market saw highest Android growth in more than two years

9 years ago

BlackBerry Remains Convinced Software Is Its Future

Carl Wiese tells TechWeekEurope why BlackBerry’s software portfolio means it isn’t going away anytime soon - even if hardware is…

9 years ago

Google Is Bringing Play Store Apps To Chromebooks

Move could bring “over a million” apps and games to Chrome OS devices

9 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: Android

With Android N hovering tantalisingly close to release, how much do you know about Google’s mobile software?

9 years ago

EC Formally Charges Google With Abusing Android’s Dominance

Google abuses dominance of Android to stifle competition and preserve its lead in search, says EC

9 years ago

Google Scans Six Billion Android Apps For Malware Every Day

Google looks to ease security fears surrounding Android by publishing details of threats targeting the mobile operating system in 2015

9 years ago

Latest Android N Preview Brings Vulkan Support And New Emojis

Second developer preview of forthcoming Android release is available to download now

9 years ago

Microsoft Is Letting Windows Phone Be (For Now)

Lack of focus on smartphones evident at Microsoft Build as company focuses attention elsewhere in 2016

9 years ago

Apple Works On Fix For Buggy iOS 9.3

Apple solves activation bug but iOS 9.3 users now complain they can't open links on iPhone and iPad

9 years ago

Apple Updates OS X 10.11.4 And iOS 9.3 To Boost Security

Among the security updates is a critical vulnerability in Apple's Messages app that could have exposed users to risk

9 years ago