A Portuguese-language spyware called WebDetetive has been used to compromise more than 76,000 Android phones in recent years across South America, largely in Brazil. WebDetetive is also the latest phone […]
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Back to news homeYouTube tests a search feature where users hum to identify songs
YouTube announced a new experiment on Android devices that determines a song via humming—which seems like a major step up from Apple’s music recognition app Shazam. As noted on YouTube’s support page, the […]
OnePlus takes on the wet touchscreen problem
I got caught in the rain twice last week. That probably says more about my general lack of preparedness than anything, of course, but I was reminded both times how […]
Google brings contextual search suggestions, trending searches and more to Chrome on mobile
Google wants you to search more and to do that, it’s launching a number of updates to Chrome on mobile today that will, among other things, highlight potential search queries […]
Android will now warn about unknown Bluetooth trackers, like AirTag, traveling with you
Google today will begin to roll out a new safety feature, unknown tracker alerts, first announced at its developer event Google I/O this spring. The feature will allow Android users […]
Spyhide stalkerware is spying on tens of thousands of phones
A phone surveillance app called Spyhide is stealthily collecting private phone data from tens of thousands of Android devices around the world, new data shows. Spyhide is a widely-used stalkerware […]
ChatGPT comes to Android next week, but you can sign up today
Two months after launching for iOS, ChatGPT is available to “pre-order” for Android users who want to take the ubiquitous chatbot on the go. If it’s anywhere as popular as […]
A popular Android app began secretly spying on its users months after it was listed on Google Play
A cybersecurity firm says a popular Android screen recording app that racked up tens of thousands of downloads on Google’s app store subsequently began spying on its users, including by […]
Krafton’s popular Battlegrounds Mobile India, successor to PUBG, returns
Krafton’s Battlegrounds Mobile India, the once chart-topping mobile game in the South Asian market, is now available to download on Android nearly a year after being ousted due to national […]
This Week in Apps: ChatGPT comes to iPhone, Bing AI efforts expand, Instagram’s Twitter clone
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app economy in […]