Google's detailed changes coming to app stores and in-app purchases starting soon, including registration for third-party stores.

The letter to Google leadership articulated deep concerns about mandatory developer identity verification requirements that will reshape the Android ecosystem.

In the coming weeks, Google will officially debut Android developer verification, which will require app makers outside the ...

Starting September 2026, Google will require all Android app developers to register before distributing APKs, and nearly 50 organizations are now pushing back. Here’s what changes in 2026 and why it ...

We've spotted a toggle to boot with 16KB page sizes in the Android 17 beta, here's everything you need to know about Google's ...

EFF and F-Droid have led 37 organizations in demanding Google rescind its mandatory Android developer registration policy set ...

In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens ...

This change will appear insignificant to those outside of Google's developer community. Not a new icon. No dazzling redesign ...

This week’s Android headlines: all the Galaxy Unpacked and Galaxy S26 news, Honor’s new Robot, Nothing Phone (4a)’s colorful ...

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 ...