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 ...

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 ...

Google Android sideloading restrictions: what changes September 30, and what doesn't Google's Android developer verification rule gets its first ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Developers of the Google-backed Android mobile application platform have released revision 3 of Android NDK (Native Development Kit), which complements Android SDK by enabling developers to build ...