The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Ahead of the holidays, Google is pushing out the ...

We'll likely learn even more about the new Android operating system at Google I/O. If you’re curious about Android 13’s release date, or if you’re wondering what new features could hit your phone in ...

The first Android 15 Developer Preview 1 is out and loaded up on our phones. We’ll be diving in through the next several days to find all that is new and see if we can uncover big changes for you to ...

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 ...

It’s still hard to grasp this new world we are in now, with Google back to releasing multiple versions of Android in a single year, or at least letting us test them. But that’s the story to end 2024.

Google packed this year’s Android developer announcements with enough AI tooling, adaptive UI updates, and cross-device ambitions to make a laptop fan spin just from reading the changelog. During ...

I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Users are noticing a new “Android Developer Verifier” app (com.google.android.verifier) silently installed on their Android phones to prepare for upcoming sideloading restrictions. The app checks if ...

Google's annual developer conference opens today, May 19, 2026, at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California — and every Android developer, Firebase engineer, Flutter practitioner, and ...