Google’s plans to verify the identity of developers releasing apps even outside the Play Store sparked fears Android was about to get a whole lot less open. Not so, says Google, insisting in a new ...

First and foremost, Google clarifies that it is not killing or doing away with sideloading on Android with this move. Instead ...

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...

F-Droid is raising alarms over Google's recent decision to strictly limit app sideloading on Android. After 15 years on the market, the alternative app store now ...

Voice call recording is coming to Pixel phones, and Google is starting to talk about how those changes will arrive.

Years in the making, the proprietary Linux OS that replaces Android-based FireOS is expected to be announced at next week's event. Here's everything we know so far.

Google is building Task Continuity, a native Handoff feature for Android to bridge the ecosystem gap with Apple. More details ...

Android's Linux terminal can use GPU acceleration (gfxstream) to render graphical Linux apps. Current renderer uses Lavapipe ...

Years in the making, the proprietary Linux OS that replaces Android-based FireOS is expected to be announced at next week's event. Here's everything we know so far.

At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation with Google’s Rick Osterloh and desktop ...

An Android SDK update raises questions about the impact of developer verification on users' ability to sideload apps when offline.

China is ending its antitrust probe into Google''s Android OS dominance, likely as part of ongoing negotiations with the US ...