The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Ahead of the holidays, Google is pushing out the ...

Starting September 30, apps from developers who have not been verified by Google can no longer be installed or updated through participating app stores on certified Android devices in Brazil, ...

It’s still hard to grasp this new world we are in now, with Google back to releasing multiple versions of Android in a single year, or at least letting us test them. But that’s the story to end 2024.

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 packed this year’s Android developer announcements with enough AI tooling, adaptive UI updates, and cross-device ambitions to make a laptop fan spin just from reading the changelog. During ...

Google is setting new Android app memory requirements for February 2027 as developers face stricter Play Store thresholds and rising RAM pressure. Google just made a big response to the RAM crisis, ...

To distribute an Android app in Brazil, Thailand, Singapore, or Indonesia — even outside Google’s Play Store — developers must now go through Google’s verification. It’ll roll out everywhere else from ...