Meshtastic has been experiencing a bit of a renaissance lately, as the off-grid, long-range radio text messaging protocol gains a ton of new users. It’s been used to create mesh networks in ...

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Google is no longer backporting security patches to Android 12 or 12L, as both operating systems have reached end-of-life status. This means that device makers will have to backport security patches ...

This video demonstrates how to set up a remote temperature monitoring system using an Arduino Uno R4 WiFi, an LM35 temperature sensor, and the MQTT protocol. The system captures ambient temperature ...

If you want a good display and interface device for an embedded project, it’s hard to look past an old smartphone. After all, you’ve got an excellent quality screen and capacitive touch interface all ...

You might sideload an Android app, or manually install its APK package, if you’re using a custom version of Android that doesn’t include Google’s Play Store ...

Apple and Google both have brand-new flagship phones. Which one is better? We compare specs to find out. I’m a mobile writer at PCMag, which means I cover wireless phones, plans, tablets, ereaders, ...

Turning an Amazon Fire tablet into a device that feels like a stock Android tablet involves several steps, including installing the Google Play Store, changing the launcher, and disabling ...

Smartphones are capable of doing a lot of things that older mobile phones were never capable of. That's not at all surprising given that the modern devices are essentially tiny powerful computers that ...

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Lindroid is a new open source app that lets you install a GNU/Linux distro on an Android device and run Linux applications with full support for your phone’s hardware. It does this by putting Linux ...

Android 15 is coming later this year with a host of new features and enhancements. Google has already released a few Android 15 beta builds, revealing exciting things about the new OS. Unfortunately, ...