Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3.2 lands with long-awaited lock screen bug fix

Google rolled out the third Android 16 QPR2 beta at the beginning of October. This was followed by a quick Beta 3.1 release ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3.2 arrives with fix for annoying lock screen clock bug

Google is now rolling out Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3.. The update brings bug fixes and stability improvements to the platform.

Google rolls out Android AI-powered features and updates for developers

Android Studio, the official dedicated development environment for Android apps, received updates to its AI agent ...

Developers Can Now Make Android Apps With Apple's Swift

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in ...

Android on tablets is eyeing an upgrade that could finally ease app multi-tasking

Google is testing a new multitasking feature for Android tablets that lets you open apps in a floating bubble window straight from the taskbar. The gesture-based tool could finally eliminate the need ...

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 3.1 fixes Pixel bootloops, but there’s a catch

For the Pixel 6 family, the Beta 3.1 carries the build number BP41.250916.010, while for all other newer devices, Google is ...
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Google now offers Android Canary builds for your Pixel

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google is shaking up Android's early-access programs. In a post published today on the Android Developers Blog, Google ...

Android’s new flashlight slider looks and feels like the real thing - here’s when it’s coming

Google’s next Android update adds a redesigned flashlight slider that mimics a real torch beam, giving users native ...
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Going Native With Android’s Native Development Kit

Originally Android apps were only developed in Java, targeting the Dalvik Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and its associated environment. Compared to platforms like iOS with Objective-C, which is just C ...