With its 'Material 3 Expressive' design, Google aims to make Android 16 and Wear OS 6 livelier (and safer) environments.

With Google I/O 2025 streaming next week, we're taking a walk through the complete history of Android, from its humble beginnings in 2008 to today, with Android 16 on the way.

Without any doubt, Android is the world’s most commonly used mobile operating system. To many, it presents quite an opportunity and a large, lucrative market for app developers. Creating top-notch and ...

Learn more. The world of Android app development is experiencing a rapid transformation, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) advancements. As businesses and developers seek innovative solutions ...

Now, Google wants to use its Gemini AI model family to help enterprise app developers make even more workplace apps more easily in the Android ecosystem. That’s why today at its Google Cloud ...

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers. The company also shared details on what branch of Android platform ...

Google will now be keeping all Android development within its internal branch, closing it off to other developers. The company feels the move is necessary because having to manage both its ...

In a nutshell: Google has confirmed that it will now develop Android privately as part of its efforts to streamline the development process. However, the company has assured users and developers ...

For the longest time since the release of Android, it has been available for users and developers to access thanks to its open-source setup via the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but Google ...

Google confirmed to Android Authority that “all Android development will occur within Google’s internal branches,” the publication says. This is a shift from how Android has been developed ...

More info. A bit of news from the Android development front this week, with Google confirming that it’s taking Android development completely private. While that might sound like a big change, ...