Developers may not realize they are sharing their users' location data with advertisers, per new research.

Android’s openness has long allowed software to reach phones without passing through Google Play. Google is adding a new gate ...

It’s all about more harmonious communication between hardware and software. It’s all about more harmonious communication between hardware and software. is a senior reviewer with over a decade of ...

Google packed this year’s Android developer announcements with enough AI tooling, adaptive UI updates, and cross-device ambitions to make a laptop fan spin just from reading the changelog. During ...

Developer verification will soon block the installation of apps from unverified developers on any Android device running ...

Less than a month ago, Google formally announced Android 15 and released the first developer preview for the software update. Now, Google is rolling out Android 15 Developer Preview 2 — and with it — ...

Android has always offered users far greater control over the software experience, whether in the form of baked-in features or additions through third-party apps available on the Play Store. Things ...

The Android team has announced that the Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop is now stable. This release adds developer productivity enhancements, such as the ability to analyze crash reports using ...

One of the first items I always enable when I get a new Android phone is developer mode. This hidden menu is designed to cater to the needs of developers, and it contains numerous valuable items for ...

Sounding off: The war between F-Droid and Google is escalating again. The open-source Android app repository says Mountain View is quietly restructuring the mobile software ecosystem in ways that ...

Google will begin enforcing Android developer verification on Sept. 30 in Brazil and three APAC markets, changing how apps are installed. Google is preparing to make Android app installs a little less ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since Google revealed Android, which the company described as the first “truly open” mobile operating system, setting Google-powered phones apart from the iPhone’s ...