Google is trying to defuse one of the sharpest criticisms of its new Android developer verification regime. The company announced it is creating a formal path for users to keep sideloading apps from ...

Google Announces New Sideloading Rules for Android With Developer Verification, Security Delay Maintaining platform integrity has become increasingly critical, with a global footprint of over 3 ...

A hot potato: A year after announcing the most significant change to Android in a long time, Google is now introducing a new process aimed at making the mobile platform "open" again. Mountain View ...

Google is preparing a significant overhaul of Android’s app installation system, aiming to curb malware threats without fully closing off sideloading. The changes, expected to roll out in September, ...

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Evaluating LLMs for mobile programming tasks has become easier with Google introducing a leaderboard that benchmarks how well AI models handle Android development. Engineering teams often struggle to ...

Starting in September 2026, any developer distributing apps outside Google’s Play Store who has not registered their identity with Google will find their software blocked from running on virtually ...

The likes of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Open Rights Group signed an open letter from the Keep Android Open project in opposition to developer registration, which opens next month and will ...

Whether you're building APIs, deploying microservices, or just curious about what happens beneath the surface of your applications, understanding networking is essential. This talk explains the core ...

Android XR glasses are coming in 2026. Here’s what you can expect from the user interface and experience. Since December, Google has offered design documentation and other development tools to let ...

Google on Wednesday released the first beta of Android 17, which brings performance improvements and a way to add new features to media and camera apps. Most importantly, it’s changing how developers ...