Google will soon verify the identities of developers who distribute Android apps outside the Play Store. Developers must submit their information to a new Android Developer Console, increasing their ...

Google will restrict sideloading with developer verification. The move mirrors Apple's long-standing security approach. Android loses one of its last big differences from iOS. For years, one of the ...

Google Play regularly gets new features, but they typically do not impact the Android ecosystem broadly, just customers who use these services. Now, Google is making a major change to how apps are ...

Have you ever asked Google Assistant a question on your phone and been surprised by how fast it replied even when your signal ...

Google releases Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 with security patch, app verification, SMS OTP protection and health updates.

Nothing has announced the Android 16 and Nothing OS 4.0 closed beta. You'll have to have a Nothing Phone (3) to participate and remember that this is unfinished beta software. But it'll give you the ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Google is building Task Continuity, a native Handoff feature for Android to bridge the ecosystem gap with Apple. More details ...

Windows, macOS, and Linux will soon have more competition as Google plans to further develop Android for PCs and laptops.

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...

Even with the oldest, laggiest, least performant Android phone in the world, you can improve its perceived speediness with ...