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Discover the Android OS, its key features and origins, and how it compares to Apple's iOS. Learn how Google developed Android ...

The law's broad definition of an "operating system provider" pulls in not just Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS, but Linux distributions and Valve's SteamOS.

Huawei has decided to eschew its Android-based mobile OS and go the route of Apple and Google, which is to create its own grassroots operating system called HarmonyOS 5.0, also known as HarmonyOS Next ...

Apple has released the latest version of its iOS operating system, iOS 18. The company first showcased the OS during WWDC 2024 in June and began rolling it out to iPhones on Sept. 16. In many ways, ...

Android and iOS both feel mature now, but one still offers extra flexibility for power users. Here are the differences that matter in daily use.

Apple unveiled iOS 26 at WWDC 2025 back in June, with the beta version available to download following the event. The stable version of iOS 26 will be available in a few weeks as a free update for all ...

When we talk about Android upgrades, it’s all too easy to miss the forest for the trees. It’s a familiar tale here in the land o’ Googley matters — and with some wacky-seeming changes on the way for ...

A market research group has teamed up with a business analyst to conceptualize the notion that mobile operating systems only last for ten years, peaking after five, an idea that suggests Apple and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. If you own an iPhone, you probably think it’s more secure than Google’s ...

For nearly two decades, smartphones have all worked pretty much the same, whether you bought an Apple iPhone or a phone running Google’s Android system: You have a grid of colorful apps that you tap ...

After months of beta testing, iOS 18 is finally here for iPhone owners. Well, not all iPhone users, just those with an iPhone Xs through the latest iPhone 15 and 16. Apple's latest mobile operating ...