Apple's Swift programming language now officially supports native Android app development. This new capability comes with Swift 6.3, which ships an officially maintained SDK and toolchain for Android.

Google has released Android 17 Beta 3, and with it comes one of the update’s most anticipated features — app bubbles. Think of it as a cleaner evolution of Android’s older floating window system. You ...

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Following the Gemini automation announcement today, Google is detailing how all this works under the hood on Android. Google is “introducing early stage developer capabilities that bridge the gap ...

Researchers have discovered the first known Android malware to use generative AI in its execution flow, using Google’s Gemini model to adapt its persistence across different devices. In a report today ...

In brief: Remember when Cyberpunk 2077 first launched in 2020 and how much it struggled on the last-gen consoles? Today, the game that is still used to benchmark ...

Java is becoming more popular for building AI applications, with 62% of respondents in Azul’s just-released 2026 State of Java Survey and Report relying on Java for AI development. Last year’s report ...

I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

This guide will help you build a fully functional Android app using Java only, without Android Studio. It covers setting up the environment, creating a minimal project, building debug APKs, and ...

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...