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 ...

Verified boot has been a part of Android since version 4.4 KitKat, but Nougat will begin strictly enforcing it in order to keep malware and rootkits at bay. See also: Seagate unveils world's largest ...

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 ...

In a bid to increase the security of the Android operating system, Google introduced a new check for malware as part of the boot process in all Android devices. Until Marshmallow, Android devices ran ...

Android 8.0 (Oreo) is the second newest version of Google’s Android OS available, still making its way to many flagship handsets, and Google has put out a detailed blog post that goes over some of the ...