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With millions of apps on the Google Play Store, it's tricky to choose which ones truly deserve a spot on your Android device. Some promise convenience, others claim to provide better connectivity, ...

AI tools, love them or hate them, have been a big deal in coding and app development, and Google is now actively testing out what the best tools are for Android app development – here’s the full list.

Google has released Beta 4 — the last scheduled beta before stable. It fixed over a dozen critical bug, from charging ...

Google is getting rid of Android’s de facto Weather app in favor of Search results. This deprecation slowly started a few months ago, but is now picking up steam. Update 3/10: In recent days, we’ve ...

Android 17 Beta 2 now enables a stricter Advanced Protection feature we previously spotted in development. When the mode is enabled, Android blocks apps that aren’t classified as accessibility tools ...

Google has issued new app quality guidelines to prevent apps from excessively draining your phone’s battery life. Starting March 1, 2026, if an app is found to be holding wake locks excessively, it ...

Overview: Over 90% of production toolchains now rely on open-source compilers, driven by flexibility, cost efficiency, and strong community ecosystems Comp ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

Google To Impose 24-Hour Safety Wait To Activate Android App Sideloading The 24-hour wait is only a one-time process, and is part of an effort to stop Android malware and scams.

Google is planning big changes for Android in 2026 aimed at combating malware across the entire device ecosystem. Starting in September, Google will begin restricting application sideloading with its ...

Security isn't just your problem anymore — it's the board's. With 97% of apps using open-source, CSOs need to ditch the false positives and get serious about SBOMs.