A European Parliament member has formally challenged Google over its planned Android developer verification program, asking ...

Google is starting to roll out its Android developer verification process with a phased rollout plan, alongside new rules and protections for installing apps outside official channels ...

Google is now giving AI coding agents direct access to its latest Android developer tools and resources to improve app ...

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 ...

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After the news cycle recently exploded with the announcement that Google would require every single Android app to be from a registered and verified developer, while killing third-party app stores and ...

In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens innovation, competition, privacy, and user freedom. Google’s planned Android ...

Google LLC’s Android team is introducing new ways to build high-quality software for its mobile platform with artificial intelligence agents.  These two new resources complement each other. The CLI, ...

Scheduled for rollout starting in September 2026, the program aims to restrict malware distribution by requiring developer verification for apps installed on Android ...

However, Samat’s statement did little to assuage people’s fears, as it didn’t explain a key part of the equation: the how. We know what Google wants to do (block Android apps from unverified ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since Google revealed Android, which the company described as the first “truly open” mobile operating system, setting Google-powered phones apart from the iPhone’s ...