Lynx is a high-performance cross-platform UI framework open-sourced by ByteDance, designed to allow developers to write code once using familiar web technologies (HTML, CSS, Java) and achieve ...

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Google has relaunched its Androidify app, now using AI to create custom Android Bot avatars from your photos or text prompts. The new app leverages Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash and Imagen AI models to ...

Google will restrict sideloading with developer verification. The move mirrors Apple's long-standing security approach. Android loses one of its last big differences from iOS. For years, one of the ...

Samsung’s Android XR headset will cost as much as $3,000, comparable with the cost of Apple’s Vision Pro headset. This latest report comes from Korean publication Newsworks, which also posits the ...

After a slightly longer wait, Asus has finally started offering access to Android 16 beta. The beta program kicked off earlier this month, starting with the ZenFone 12 Ultra, and was later expanded to ...

A lot of people have been noticing a small blue dot next to their text messages or contacts on their Android devices, and it's not some quirky design element. There's a reason why some of the contacts ...

Apps loaded with malware have been a problem on Android phones for years, and a key reason behind it is the open nature of the operating system. Unlike iOS, which only allows installation of apps from ...

Elon Musk’s X is struggling on Android devices in terms of new installs, even while App Store downloads grow, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. In July 2025, X downloads ...

For most of Android’s history, Google publicly referred to each release by a version number and a codename. Traditionally, the codename was a dessert like Marshmallow, Jelly Bean, or Froyo. With the ...