The new advanced flow for sideloading adds a 24-hour delay and extra warnings for apps from unverified developers.

In the name of science and experimentation, I decided to try running a full-blown Linux desktop on an Android tablet. Turns ...

A Chromebook can be a pretty flexible device. You can use it for productivity, to play games, watch movies and so on. To do these things, you might download apps from the Google Play Store. Linux apps ...

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Almost 20 years ago, Google pitched Android as the more open alternative to Apple’s walled garden. Last year, Google announced it would begin erecting its own walls through developer verification. The ...

GitHub has introduced the GitHub Copilot app, a desktop control centre for agent-native development that aims to keep engineers in charge while AI agents handle more coding work. Mario Rodriguez ...

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Google is reportedly offering select Play Store developers payment for access to app source code. For Android developers in APAC, the offer raises questions about IP rights, security risks, AI-use ...

With coding having emerged as one of the best use cases for LLMs, Google is reportedly looking to train its AI models with code from actual Android app developers, but is at least paying them to do so ...

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 ...

Google has already released four betas of Android 17, which are more than enough to show us what the upcoming version has in store. There are some new, exciting features, as well as many essential ...

Data API Builder helps developers expose database objects through REST and GraphQL without building extensive custom data access code. Steve Jones' Visual Studio Live! San Diego 2026 session will show ...