During Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, Google's Rick Osterloh discusses next steps for a desktop version of Android.

The venue for all this is Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit 2025, where Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation ...

Originally Android apps were only developed in Java, targeting the Dalvik Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and its associated ...

If you’ve got a Google Pixel phone, getting Android 12 is usually pretty straightforward. Most of the time, you can just grab it right over the air, just like any other update. Google rolls these out ...

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...

Android's open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What could have been one of the biggest alternative app stores is finally shutting down on Android. Amazon originally shared plans to kill off ...

Amazon is set to shutter its Amazon Appstore on the Android operating system Wednesday, Aug. 20. The move, announced in February, shutters the mega-corporation's competitor to the Google Play store on ...

Google's latest Android feature is focused on ensuring you have quick access to your communication history. It's called Contact History, and it's found within the Android Contacts app. The latest ...

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Hidden away in your Android phone's developer settings is a powerful feature called USB debugging. It's a special mode that opens a direct line of communication between your smartphone and a computer, ...