Your phone's secret backdoor could save your data.

Hidden away in your Android phone's developer settings is a powerful feature called USB debugging. It's a special mode that opens a direct line of communication between your smartphone and a computer, ...

One cable unlocks what Android settings won't let you.

Google made several developer announcements at I/O 2026, led by AI Studio's new capability to build native Android apps.

Google has patched an Android ADB bug in the May security patch set. If you have a Pixel phone you should already have the patches, and most other major manufacturers should be close behind.