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Google is significantly raising the security bar for Android devices in 2026 with Android 17. The update delivers a broad sweep of security and privacy improvements targeting some of the most common threats users face today — financial fraud, physical device theft, and invasive app tracking. Android 17 tackles phone scams at the call level
Android 16 quietly shipped with a feature called Advanced Protection, and it's the closest thing Android has to a panic button for your privacy. Instead of digging through a maze of settings menus to harden your phone, you flip one switch — and Google activates its strongest security defenses all at once. Think of it
From strong, integrated security features like Samsung Knox to optional anti-theft settings that you must manually activate, Samsung phones come with an extensive array of security safeguards. It can be difficult to find and activate all of these security toggles, but the upcoming major One UI update offers a simpler method to increase the security
Google has released the Material 3 Expressive design language for Android 16 QPR1 Beta. In addition to the new UI changes, it comes with a new Advanced Protection feature, which is a collection of security measures intended to keep Android users safe. Here's how to activate it and when you should think about activating it.
Under Google's Advanced Protection Program, Samsung's One UI 8, which is based on Android 16, will offer strong privacy and security protections to protect users of Galaxy phones and tablets from theft, fraud, and scams. The security improvements of Android 16 will be sent out to Samsung Galaxy devices via One UI 8.0, anticipated in
