Google is building Task Continuity, a native Handoff feature for Android to bridge the ecosystem gap with Apple. By integrating the feature at the system level, Google ensures seamless task ...

Most of us rely on Chrome for browsing the web on our Android devices, partly because it's almost always installed by default, and we've become used to it from our desktops and laptops. It has a lot ...

Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is getting an AI upgrade, Google announced at its developer conference, Google I/O 2025, on Tuesday. In ...

After a lengthy wait, Google officially announced Android 15 and the availability of the new OS on Pixel devices, including the Pixel 6 series and higher, the Pixel 6a and higher, the Pixel Fold and ...

Seth Rogen plays a stressed-out movie bigwig in a satire of an industry in decline. By James Poniewozik Midway through the first season of “The Studio,” Matt Remick (Seth Rogen), a big wheel in the ...

The Android 16 codename is Baklava, a popular puff pastry dessert. This might seem strange, considering the Android 14 codename was Upside Down Cake, and the Android 15 one was Vanilla Ice Cream.

You might sideload an Android app, or manually install its APK package, if you’re using a custom version of Android that doesn’t include Google’s Play Store ...

The $800 Pixel 9 is Google's latest base model flagship smartphone. (Photo by Sam Rutherford/Engadget) For the first half of Android’s existence, Google was happy simply being in charge of the OS ...

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Project IDX is Google’s web-based development environment, and the technology is now being used to bring Android Studio to the web. In addition to the main I/O 2024 event in Mountain View, Google is ...

Lindroid is a new open source app that lets you install a GNU/Linux distro on an Android device and run Linux applications with full support for your phone’s hardware. It does this by putting Linux ...