Google rebuilt Android’s kernel using AutoFDO and real app data, boosting performance, speeding system calls, and improving app launches. Image: Denny Müller/Unsplash Android could soon feel ...

Sideloading has always felt like something of a guarantee with Android. In fact, some argue it's one of the primary appeals of using Android over other operating systems — a sentiment even Google ...

Every year, MWC (Mobile World Congress) in Barcelona helps set the tone for the tech industry. It may no longer be the event where the smartphone calendar officially begins — that distinction now ...

Person holding smartphone with concept of downloading app screen on display - Elena Uve/Getty Images Sideloading has always felt like something of a guarantee with Android. In fact, some argue it's ...

Sideloading, long a defining feature of Android, is set to become easier. Google announced that it will introduce a Registered App Stores programme designed to simplify how users install third-party ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sideloading has always felt like something of a guarantee with Android. In fact, some argue it's one of the primary appeals of ...

Microsoft Authenticator Flaw on Android, iOS Could Leak Login Codes for Millions Your email has been sent A newly discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Authenticator could expose sensitive login codes ...

Google’s Android chief Sameer Samat spoke at MWC 2026, addressing Android 17 and sideloading concerns. Android 17 is shifting from a traditional OS to an “intelligent system,” with Gemini handling ...

Since August 2025, it has been clear that from autumn 2026, only applications on certified Android devices will be installable in the first countries, provided their publishers have previously ...

Google has confirmed that sideloading will continue to be supported on Android devices. The news comes from Sameer Samat, head of Android, while Google continues to work on verifying developers to ...

In the early days of smartphones, when Apple first launched the App Store a year later, the slogan "There's an app for that" proved to be an incredibly effective campaign that signaled iOS has an app ...