The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Your photos and videos are sensitive files that you probably don’t want apps to access without your consent. Unfortunately ...

Google Play is reaching out to many developers to tell them they need to adopt the privacy-preserving Android Photo Picker. Specifically, Google is contacting developers of Android apps that request ...

Google introduced a system photo picker in Android a while back, allowing for better privacy of the photos, videos, and files on your device. Now, Google is pushing for more Android apps to use the ...

The first preview of Android 13 has arrived, and with it some new tweaks to how the OS we’ve come to know and love. Included in the first developer preview of Android 13 is Google’s new system-wide ...

Google is developing a new Contacts Picker tool for Android 17 to fix the current all-or-nothing contacts permission. This tool will allow you to share specific contacts with an app, rather than your ...

Android, renowned for its dynamic architecture, has introduced a groundbreaking feature in Android 13 that exemplifies the platform's commitment to innovation. While initially making its debut in ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

“Material You” is the next major evolution of Google’s design language for Android. The new design has been appearing in more places throughout the OS over the past few months. Most recently, the time ...

Android 13's Photo picker could likely get a massive revamped, fixing various wonky issues, after an upgraded version made it to the beta Android 12 June feature drop, or shortly known as QRP3, of ...

Google is rolling out a new and improved embedded photo picker for Android applications, making it easier for developers to implement a user’s media into their app without having to sacrifice privacy.