A group of developers started the Keep Android Open petition in protest against a new measure by Google. The company wants to ...

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 ...

F-Droid claims Google’s new developer rules will quietly restrict sideloading and weaken Android’s long-standing openness.

Google is releasing the first iteration of the next major update of its mobile operating system, an Android 16 Developer Preview. Its Preview 1 is now available for testing against apps. The system is ...

Android Studio, the official dedicated development environment for Android apps, received updates to its AI agent ...

Google is planning a new feature for Android 17 called “Min Mode.” This feature will be especially useful for third-party ...

Alternative app store F-Droid warns Google is misleading people when it says sideloading on Android isn't going anywhere.

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 ...

Despite Google's claims to the contrary, F-Droid continues to accuse the company of attempting to turn Android into a walled ecosystem of government-vetted apps. F-Droid representatives ...

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 ...

We then discovered that the original G1 Android gPhone is already on sale down under, thanks to grey imports, but now the news comes that Google itself will sell the G1 gPhone to Australians directly ...