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The design philosophies of iOS 26 and Android 16 underscore their distinct approaches to creating user-friendly interfaces. iOS 26: Apple introduces a “liquid glass” aesthetic, blending polished, ...

In an effort to compete with Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS, China has unveiled a mobile operating system of its own, simply dubbed COS – China Operating System. Designed for use on mobile phones ...

Your phone choice is similar to the PC options available between the macOS and Windows operating systems. Like the Mac, Apple's ecosystem has just one hardware vendor, albeit a top-tier one. Like ...

The latest mobile operating systems—Android 16, Samsung’s OneUI 8, Xiaomi’s HyperOS 2, and Apple’s iOS 26 beta—bring a range of updates and refinements to the table. Each platform is designed to cater ...

Android Google’s lawsuit-prone Android is a powerful operating system with a number of rough edges that’s available in a confusing range of versions on a wide range of handsets (and the latest version ...

Huawei Technologies is set to debut its highly anticipated home-grown mobile operating system HarmonyOS Next on Tuesday, touting it as an alternative to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, as the ...

Switching between Android and iOS has long meant juggling cables, cloud backups and half-working apps, but that era is finally starting to fade. Apple and Google are building deeper, system-level ...

The case centered on the compatibility agreements that Google required of manufacturers, which contained restrictions that ...