Google has made ADB, fastboot, and other Android developer tools available as a standalone download. Previously, accessing these tools necessitated that users download Android Studio or the Android ...

For quite some time now, the only way to officially get Google’s Android Debug Bridge (ADB) or fastboot tools has been to download either the entire Android Software Development Kit (SDK) or Android ...

Windows/Mac/Linux: Google’s ADB and fastboot are incredibly powerful command line tools for customizing your Android phone. Up until now, these tiny tools have been bundled in the gigantic Android SDK ...

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...

Those of you who read through the first part of the Common Basic Android Terminal Commands Every Android Owner Should Know post are aware that we covered five basic terminal commands device owners ...

This guide will explain how to easily install Google’s just released update to Android 7.1.2 Nougat for all Nexus and Pixel devices. After debuting Nougat in August of 2016 and an update in December, ...

This guide will show you how to install the brand new Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update so that you can try out Google’s latest version of Android right now on your Nexus 7 or Nexus 10 tablets. In October ...

ADB or Android Debug Bridge is one of the most interesting tools. It allows your system to communicate with an Android device connected via USB or emulator. However, many users have started ...

Google has unleashed the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Nexus devices, which means it will eventually hit all devices as an over-the-air (OTA) update. Unfortunately, that could take several weeks, ...