The update affects multiple device categories, including phones, tablets, Wear OS watches, Android Auto and Automotive ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. First of all, it might surprise you to hear that Google is releasing Android 16 DP1 today. After all, the first developer ...

Developers will need official ID, registration fee and more to curb fraud and malware as rollout begins in Brazil, Indonesia, ...

Google has proposed sweeping changes to Android to make app distribution more competitive, but sideloading will still be ...

Google is releasing the first iteration of the next major update of its mobile operating system, an Android 16 Developer Preview. Its Preview 1 is now available for testing against apps. The system is ...

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they will ...

What is the Android 16 Developer Preview? Google tests its major Android releases in stages. We're currently in the developer preview phase of Android 16's testing, which means that builds available ...

Google developer advocate Colt McAnlis: “Bad networking costs your customers money.” Google developer advocate Colt McAnlis said that Android apps, almost across the board, are not architected ...

He issued a permanent injunction that will force Google to carry rival app stores within its own Google Play Store, and give ...

Google will begin clamping down on Android apps that drain a smartphone battery. The Play Store will begin showing warnings ...

We then discovered that the original G1 Android gPhone is already on sale down under, thanks to grey imports, but now the news comes that Google itself will sell the G1 gPhone to Australians directly ...