With millions of apps on the Google Play Store, it's tricky to choose which ones truly deserve a spot on your Android device. Some promise convenience, others claim to provide better connectivity, ...
Next year, Google will prohibit sideloading on Android—one of the few prominent things differentiating the Android operating system from Apple's iOS. Per the forthcoming policy, Google will ask all ...
The Quick Settings panel on Android is an underrated powerhouse, often forgotten by most Android users. While a lot is said about the iPhone’s Control Center, if you're willing to put in some work, ...
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Apple's Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development through the establishment of a dedicated Android Working Group within the Swift open-source ...
Google has dug back into its past and introduced its latest take on smart glasses during I/O 2025. Glasses with Android XR brings Gemini AI to smart glasses thanks to an expanded partnership between ...
When Google announced the Android XR platform in December, it felt a little rushed, as if Google was trying to prevent OpenAI from getting all the AI attention. OpenAI was in the middle of a ...
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Google ended the The Android Show with a teaser about Android XR glasses, and how I/O 2025 attendees will be able to demo the new form factor. Android head Sameer Samat ended the event by cheekily ...
CNET got a preview of Android 16 from Google's head of Android. Samat showed us how the expanded Theft Detection tool works (among other features, like Gemini and Material 3 Expressive). Patrick ...
Google is working on turning Pixels into pocket PCs a la Samsung’s DeX. Google is working on turning Pixels into pocket PCs a la Samsung’s DeX. is a former news writer for The Verge. A beta build of ...
The folks at Google did a live demo of Android XR, Google's AR glasses with Gemini, at the TED 2025 event. It is pretty wild to watch this demo, so I figured I'd share it with all of you here, in case ...