Tied no doubt to today's AppFunctions announcement, Google has also delivered Android 17 Beta 2 to developers.

Everyone, it seems, has a mobile SDK. Apple has one for its iPhone. Likewise, Google, Microsoft, Palm, and RIM each have one for their mobile OSes. Then there are the third-party, multiplatform mobile ...

37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play Soon, developers who just want to make Android ...

Today, Google is announcing an update to the Android XR SDK, by releasing Developer Preview 2. It was officially announced as part of Google I/O 2025. This is packed with new features and improvements ...

First Android 16 Dev Preview Is Here As Google Pushes Up OS Launch Window In 2025, Google plans to release the next version of Android a quarter earlier than usual 'to better align' with the launch of ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand ...

In the coming weeks, Google will officially debut Android developer verification, which will require app makers outside the ...

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party app store argues that Google falsely frames ...