One of the first items I always enable when I get a new Android phone is developer mode. This hidden menu is designed to cater to the needs of developers, and it contains numerous valuable items for ...

After detailing the “advanced flow” for sideloading earlier this month, Google is opening the Android developer verification process to developers today. Google today provided a more detailed timeline ...

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Starting next year, Android will block the installation of apps from unverified developers, a policy that affects both Play Store and sideloaded apps. The new system ...

Android’s hidden Developer Options can supercharge your phone with features like faster animations, improved Bluetooth audio, file transfer defaults, fake GPS location, background app limits, and ...

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Google is expanding AI across the Android Studio workflow. It intends AI to reduce "toil" for work like tests, updates, and API migrations. Google says coding shifts from "how" to defining "what." ...

Most Android phones today have a hidden Developer Options menu. Despite its name, it isn’t just for app developers. Android keeps certain advanced system controls here because they aren’t intended for ...

Google is backpedaling on its decision to introduce new identity verification rules for all developers, stating that it will also introduce accounts for limited app distribution and will allow users ...

In a recent blog post Google announced that the early access phase of its Android Developer Verification program has commenced, as previously announced. In addition to this new announcement Google ...

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 ...