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 ...

Android 17 rumors point to Motion Assist, App Bubbles, native app locking, Gemini updates, and Android XR news ahead of Google I/O 2026.

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they will ...

Google made several developer announcements at I/O 2026, led by AI Studio's new capability to build native Android apps.

Google’s Android Studio Migration Assistant can port iOS projects to native Android by converting features, assets, and ...

Google today announced at its I/O developer conference that it’s launching a new Android XR developer program, which will ...

Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into ...

Google’s annual developer conference opens today, May 19, 2026, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California — ...

Android 16 is here! Sort of. Along with its official announcement that stable Android 16 is due out in the second quarter of next year, Google kicked off the Developer Preview period for its next ...

Google has started rolling out Android’s new developer verification process. Most users won’t notice changes yet, but unverified apps will soon require the ...

Google I/O 2025, Google’s biggest developer conference of the year, takes place Tuesday and Wednesday at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. We’re on the ground bringing you the latest ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since Google revealed Android, which the company described as the first “truly open” mobile operating system, setting Google-powered phones apart from the iPhone’s ...