Google dropped Bluetooth and the GTalkService instant messaging APIs (application program interfaces) from the set of tools for the first version of the mobile phone OS, Android 1.0, according to the ...

Summary: Android 16 will require devices to support Vulcan’s new Host Image Copy feature. This will improve gaming and 3D graphics performance, and reduce stuttering. It’s not hard to see why; this ...

Have you ever installed an app that seemed innocent — then noticed strange behavior days later? I have too. When we distribute or recommend apps, we need a practical way to separate ...

Since the launch of Health Connect in 2022, Google has been winding down the Google Fit developer APIs. Earlier this week, the company fully detailed how the “Google Fit APIs have been deprecated and ...

It’s been years since I did any mobile development — and much of what I’ve done has been with mobile app dev platforms like Appcelerator. The last time I did anything substantial was some hacking on ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...