I spoke with Sam Bright, VP and GM of Google Play and Developer Ecosystem, about Gemini's expansion in Android Studio. The real story is the way AI cuts toil across the lifecycle.

According to Anthropic, "Claude Sonnet 4.6 is our most capable Sonnet model yet." The company says Sonnet 4.6 has a 1 million token context window in beta. Crucially, Anthropic reports that Sonnet 4.6 ...

Google has released Android 17 in beta for Pixel devices, skipping the usual Developer Preview given the arrival of ...

If you’ve dabbled with Zelle, Venmo or PayPal, you have probably wondered if any payment app is better than the others. Maybe you’ve wondered if you have to use payment apps at all. Payment apps can ...

Android shortcut apps vary by use case: MacroDroid is best for simple, everyday automations; Tasker suits power users needing deep system control; Automate balances power and ease with visual flows; ...

In the name of convenience, many apps these days are designed to be cross-platform. They can run on both mobile and desktop, so you can readily switch between devices without starting from scratch. It ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Discover how to enable Android accessibility settings, use Live Caption Android, and customize essential assistive tools for a more inclusive and user-friendly smartphone experience. Pixabay, Pexels ...

Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...

TL;DR: Short battery life and excessive power use remain two of the biggest complaints about modern smartphones. Google is attempting to address both in Android by shifting responsibility to app ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.