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 will soon verify the identities of developers who distribute Android apps outside the Play Store. Developers must submit their information to a new Android Developer Console, increasing 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 ...

Google has announced that the developers can now build and deploy apps and softwares for Android and Android XR at once.

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google is shaking up Android's early-access programs. In a post published today on the Android Developers Blog, Google ...