Android 16 QPR2 brings AI-powered notification summaries, deeper dark theme options, and built-in parental controls, starting ...

After backlash over identity-verification requirements intended to prevent malware, Google will now allow 'experienced users to accept the risks of installing software that isn't verified.' ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. First of all, it might surprise you to hear that Google is releasing Android 16 DP1 today. After all, the first developer ...

Google is releasing the first developer preview of Android 16 to speed up feature rollouts in devices. This is a major change in the Android rollout schedule as, over the past few years, Google ...

The source code for Android 16 QPR2 is now available following the update's rollout for Pixel devices. Here's why that matters.

Since rolling out the first version of Android in 2008, Google has largely stuck to one major release per year. Android 16 ...

The company is also making changes to its verification requirements following criticism from the app developer community.

What is the Android 16 Developer Preview? Google tests its major Android releases in stages. We're currently in the developer preview phase of Android 16's testing, which means that builds available ...

"We're not too concerned. We're not making malicious apps. It should be fine and I totally understand why they'd want to do it," said Jeff Kao, co-founder of Ecorio, a Toronto-based developer. Ecorio ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Last month, Google announced the first ...

Google today just announced the date of its annual developer conference Google I/O, where we expect to learn a lot more about what Google has been working on over the last year. One product that ...