Google wants to make app installations outside the Play Store more difficult if developers do not register. An open letter ...

That's less than previous years, but still a worryingly high number ...

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In June, Google announced the Google Developer Program, a free program to give devs access to resources designed to help them build applications using Google services. Now that “millions” of devs have ...

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they will ...

Google used AI-driven review systems to block 1.75 million policy-violating apps and ban 80,000 developer accounts in 2025, expanding Play Store and Android security enforcement.

Inside Google's AI plan to end Android developer toil - and speed up innovation ...

Google announced the launch of MedGemma, which the company says contains the most capable open models that help developers build healthcare-based AI applications to examine medical images, generate ...

Google to Require Identity Verification for Android App Developers: Here’s the Rollout Timeline Your email has been sent Google will soon require all Android app developers to verify their identities, ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...