Android Studio, the official dedicated development environment for Android apps, received updates to its AI agent ...

Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulators Starting next year, Google plans to require all apps ...

Amazon is planning to stop using Android on its entire range of own-brand smart devices, moving instead to a new operating system (OS) developed internally. As Lowpass reports, Amazon has had hundreds ...

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 Free Software Foundation has published initial details about the LibrePhone project. The goal is not to develop a smartphone operating system.

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Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google unveiled the Android operating system 16 years ago today, on Nov. 5, 2007. While it looked barebones at the time, Google's decision to embrace open ...

Today, Google announced Android XR, a brand new operating system for AR/VR devices. The company hopes Android XR can unify the messy XR hardware industry, similar to what Android did for smartphones.

The Android operating system is home to countless features, be it useful utilitarian toggles or gimmicky customization tweaks. Thanks to this bucket load of options, an Android phone can do several ...