Building directly for Android beats creating web apps by a mile.

Google will begin enforcing Android developer verification on Sept. 30 in Brazil and three APAC markets, changing how apps are installed.

Google has revealed new timelines for Android developer verification, including when sideloading changes will begin affecting users.

Build an Android app in minutes with Google AI Studio by signing in, choosing the latest Gemini Pro model, selecting “Build Android App,” and describing your app ...

Following The Android Show, Google made several developer announcements at I/O 2026, led by AI Studio’s new capability to build native Android apps. The web-based AI Studio now lets you build native ...

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

Editor's take: Google is once again trying to simplify something that was already fairly easy and convenient. Mountain View's latest target is email-based authentication, which is now dropping the ...

Google has released Android 17 Beta 3, and with it comes one of the update’s most anticipated features — app bubbles. Think of it as a cleaner evolution of Android’s older floating window system. You ...

A vulnerability in Microsoft Authenticator for Android and iOS could expose login codes to malicious apps on the same device. Microsoft has released a patch. A newly discovered vulnerability in ...

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ESET researchers uncovered the first known case of Android malware abusing generative AI for context-aware user interface manipulation. While machine learning has been used to similar ends already – ...

Sanuj is a freelance tech journalist with over six years of experience covering smartphones, wearables, and consumer technology. He currently writes for Android Police, Tom's Guide, Android Central, ...