Google tells Android app developers to cool it on memory use, or else
Google will start policing memory-hungry Android apps as a direct response to the RAM crisis. Spotted by TechCrunch, the company yesterday published…
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AI’s memory crunch is coming for Android apps
Google is setting new memory-use limits for Android apps as AI data centers contribute to hardware shortages that could leave lower-cost phones with…
Nothing OS 5.0 brings a new Glyph Interface app and a more customizable homescreen
With the new design of Nothing OS 5.0, app icons and widgets can use adaptive color to get color tints pulled from your wallpaper, which update when…
Android is getting its own weird dots to cure car sickness
Google is rolling out a new Android feature that's been proven to reduce, or even eliminate, motion sickness when using a phone inside a moving vehi…
De-Googled GrapheneOS is coming to Motorola’s foldables next year
GrapheneOS, an open source version of Android that prioritizes security and privacy, has detailed its plans for supporting Motorola smartphones. Off…
Presentation: Migrating Uber Eats Feeds to Webview
Nick DiStefano shares how Uber Eats migrated from traditional native app screens to a native-driven, single-page WebView architecture. He explains k…
Android now has a tap-to-share feature
Android's AirDrop-like Quick Share feature will now let some devices exchange files and contact information when tapped together. The update is comi…
The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store
Following the latest twist in Google's legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google's Play Store and download a third-party…
Sunbird relaunched its iMessage app for Android users after three years away
Sunbird Messaging is back on the Google Play Store, offering Android users blue bubble privileges in iMessage complete with reactions and high quali…
Google Assistant will disappear from your phone next month
Google Assistant's days have been numbered ever since Gemini arrived on the scene, and its time is now up. Google has announced that it will be remo…
Google brings its age-assurance technology to Android developers worldwide
Google is expanding its Play Age Signals API, giving Android developers a privacy-preserving way to tailor experiences based on users’ age ranges.
Google hit with $1 billion fine for breaking EU antitrust rules
The European Union has fined Google's parent company Alphabet €890 million (about $1 billion) for two separate violations of the bloc's Digita…
Google is making it easier to switch from iPhone to Android
The new feature lets users wirelessly transfer more data types from an iPhone without needing to download a separate app.
Android Studio Quail 2 Redesigns Agent Mode, Streamlines AI-Assisted Coding
The latest release of Android Studio, Quail 2, now stable, expands Gemini/AI Agent Mode inside the IDE by enabling multiple AI conversations in para…
Article: Beat-Aligned Mobile Audio Streaming with Virtual Chunks and Native Playback
In this article, I describe the challenges and the design of a React Native real-time mobile beat-aligned playback system for iOS and Android. The s…
Android 17’s new foldable gaming mode could make flippy phones more fun
Android 17 is getting a dedicated gaming mode for foldables that will put a virtual gamepad with touch controls on half of your screen to theoretica…
Google’s new rules for the app store will allow alternative billing next week
While the court still hasn't signed off on the massive settlement resolving Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google for having a monopoly over Andro…
Article: Beyond CLEAN and MVP: Architecting an Offline-first Reactive Data Layer in Android
With the Reactive Data Layer Architecture (RDLA), you establish a clear boundary between public data APIs and private, framework-specific data-sourc…
All the latest news on Android 17, Wear OS 7, and Android XR
Google’s Android 17 update includes highlights like new floating “Bubble” app windows for easier multitasking, a Screen Reaction recording mode, and…
Android 17 arrives on Pixel phones today
Following its official debut last month, Google is now rolling out Android 17 to compatible Pixel phones, alongside additional exclusive features as…
The Google / Xreal Aura XR glasses are now available to preorder
The Project Aura glasses collaboration between Xreal and Google is now one step closer to being something you can buy. Reservations for the second A…
Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to scam ‘hundreds of thousands of victims’ sued by Google
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a…
Google sues alleged Chinese cybercrime operation that used AI to send scam texts
The tech giant said a group called "Outsider Enterprise" used AI to scam hundreds of thousands of victims, sending 2.5 million text messages over a…
Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts
Google is launching a new feature for its Phone app that aims to protect you from AI impersonation scams. Now, when you receive a call from a scamme…
Motorola says affiliate hijacking of Amazon app was ‘unintended’
Motorola says that recently discovered behavior, which saw some of its phones sending users to an affiliate tracking website before opening the Amaz…
Gemma 4 Multi-Token Prediction Delivers Up to ~3x Faster Token Generation
Gemma 4 can be paired with multi-token prediction (MTP) drafters that use speculative decoding to generate multiple tokens in parallel, allowing the…
These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware
Apple, Meta, and Google offer special security modes that provide your devices more secure against targeted spyware attacks. Here are how those mode…
Google goes for the glitter with disco-ball icons: ‘Are y’all sure you still want this?’
You can now disco ball-ify your entire Pixel homescreen, says Google.
With Android CLI, Google is Making the Android Toolchain Agent-Friendly
Google introduced new Android development tools that enable building apps up to 3x faster by using AI agents, including a redesigned Android command…
Vibe coding is coming to your phone
"There's an app for that" was the promise of the App Store from the very beginning. The app that will get your phone to do the thing you want it to?…