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Your Android phone could have stalkerware — here’s how to remove it

Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls, and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android users. This guide can help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy, Cocospy and Spyic, among others. Consumer-grade spyware apps are frequently sold under the guise of child monitoring or family-tracking software, but are referred to as “stalkerware” and “spouseware” for th

Amazon pulls the plug on its Android app store that you never used anyway

Joe Hindy / Android Authority TL;DR Amazon will shut down its Android device app store in August 2025. Users will no longer be able to download or use apps from the Appstore on Android after the deadline. Amazon Fire devices like the Fire TV and the Fire Tablet. The Google Play Store is the premier source for downloading and installing apps on Android flagships, but the platform’s open nature also allows third-party app stores to exist. The Amazon Appstore was one of those popular options ou

This Google Photos feature is coming to more smart TVs, tablets, and… fridges?

Robert Triggs / Android Authority TL;DR Google Photos will soon let you display your albums as a slideshow on more devices. Google plans to expand availability to more smart TVs, tablets, fridges, and photo frames. The feature is currently available on the Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, Chromecast devices, Google TV and Android TV devices, and select photo frames. Google Photos has a neat feature that lets you display an album as a slideshow on a few smart home devices while idling or in ambient mo

Russia-aligned hackers are targeting Signal users with device-linking QR codes

Signal, as an encrypted messaging app and protocol, remains relatively secure. But Signal's growing popularity as a tool to circumvent surveillance has led agents affiliated with Russia to try to manipulate the app's users into surreptitiously linking their devices, according to Google's Threat Intelligence Group. While Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine is likely driving the country's desire to work around Signal's encryption, "We anticipate the tactics and methods used to target Signal wi