The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update ...

Maintenance only works if you do it.

Building directly for Android beats creating web apps by a mile.

Google AI Studio does what it says on the tin: prompt to phone, in minutes flat. Google AI Studio does what it says on the tin: prompt to phone, in minutes flat. is a senior editor and founding member ...

Following The Android Show, Google made several developer announcements at I/O 2026, led by AI Studio’s new capability to build native Android apps. The web-based AI Studio now lets you build native ...

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

Android's open ecosystem is its superpower, but fragmentation is its kryptonite. As we head into Google I/O, these are the Android 17 upgrades that would help crush my daily frustrations. In 2014, I ...

Tweaks can drastically improve how your Android Auto operates. Even the type of cable you use can have a big impact. Wired Android Auto operates more efficiently than wireless. Android Auto can be one ...

If you use What’s on Netflix to keep tabs on new releases, we’ve got an update for you, you’re going to love: Flixable, our new Android app built to make Netflix discovery faster and cleaner. Flixable ...

Google is rolling out an optimized kernel to devices with Android 15 and Android 16, and it was built using a technique called Automatic Feedback-Directed Optimization (AutoFDO). Google engineers ...

Android phones have gotten pretty fast over the last few years, to the point where faster processors don't really bring about the noticeable speed improvements they used to. So now, the goalposts have ...