Google is cracking down on battery-draining Android apps with a new Play Store policy targeting “excessive partial wake locks ...

Google will penalize Android apps that drain your battery with a new "Excessive Partial Wake Lock" metric starting March 2026 ...

For users, this update offers clearer transparency, and one more tool to avoid apps that quietly kill battery life behind the scenes.

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Assuming your phone is on and online, you should be able to see its location on a map. From there, you can make it ring, lock it, set a lock screen note to tell whoever has it how to get it back to ...