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I'm tired of how system storage works on both Android and iPhone. Over time, it quietly eats into your phone's storage with cached files, system data, and app leftovers, especially when you're already ...

Google is bringing a massive update to its smartphone ecosystem as its file-sharing tech, QuickShare, is now made interoperable with Apple's AirDrop. This allows sending files from Android to Apple ...

Google today announced a new cross-platform feature that allows for file sharing between iPhone and Android users. With AirDrop on the ‌iPhone‌ and QuickShare on Pixel 10 devices, there is a new file ...

Google just announced that Android phones can now wirelessly share files with iPhones. And here’s the best part — There’s no third-party app involved. The Quick Share feature on Android will allow ...

When using File Picker (StorageProvider) with the permission MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE and special intent: ACTION_MANAGE_ALL_FILES_ACCESS_PERMISSION, I still get a cached file copy rather than the ...

Google is developing a native color picker tool called “EyeDropper” that is expected to be released with Android 17. This new app will provide a system-wide API, allowing any app to let users select a ...

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Google is widely rolling out its redesign of Quick Share. The redesigned UI introduces separate “Send” and “Receive” screens. Users can select files directly from the Send screen and preview them.

Google is quietly rolling out a powerful new search function to Android’s system-wide Photo Picker, making it faster and easier to find specific images when sharing via messages, email, and more. A ...

WTF?! OneDrive is one of the most popular cloud storage services in the market, largely because Microsoft aggressively promotes it to Windows users. However, security researchers warn that OneDrive's ...