The official Android docs describe Android Jetpack as “a set of libraries, tools and architectural guidance.” This vague description has left many developers wondering what Android Jetpack really is.

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The next version of the Jetpack CameraX library will include support for capturing RAW photos. RAW photos are uncompressed and don’t have any processing applied to them, making them better for editing ...

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Fairphone—the sustainable, modular smartphone company—is still shipping updates to the 5-year-old Fairphone 2. The company won’t win any awards for speed, but the phone—which launched in 2015 with ...

Samsung has been at the forefront of the push toward extended software support for Android devices. Samsung has committed to providing four major Android upgrades and five years of security updates ...

The Android Subsystem for Windows allows you to install Android apps onto Windows PCs. The feature is now available in an additional 31 markets, including the UK, Canada, and Germany. Previously, ...

In brief: The prospect of running mobile apps on Windows was one of the unique draws to Windows 11 when Microsoft first announced the operating system. Although the ability to install Android apps ...

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