The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. First of all, it might surprise you to hear that Google is releasing Android 16 DP1 today. After all, the first developer ...

About a month ago, Google surprised us by releasing the first Android 16 developer preview barely a month after the stable Android 15 update came out. It began a much faster development timeline than ...

With I/O 2026 a month away, Google has posted the initial sessions list. The developer conference runs from May 19-20.

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谷歌同时表示， 在用户侧体验方面，短期内应用下载和安装流程不会发生变化，相关防护措施预计将在今年稍晚正式生效 。新机制上线后，绝大多数海外用户的应用安装流程不会受到影响；只有在尝试安装未注册应用时，才需要通过 ADB 命令或更高级的安装流程来完成。

Ahead of the Q2 2025 launch, Google is rolling out Developer Preview 2 of Android 16 to Pixel devices. This should be the last Android update of the year, with 15 QPR2 Beta 2 arriving earlier this ...

The highly anticipated Android 16 Developer Preview 1 has finally arrived, signaling a significant shift in the landscape of app development and testing. This release marks the beginning of a new era, ...

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 ...