Google unveiled new web-based AI tools that can generate native Android apps in minutes, as the company expands its push into AI-powered software development.

Google is offering to pay Android developers for access to their code through a "confidential content offer pilot." The ...

Google is reportedly offering to pay select Android developers for source-code access. Here’s what Play Store developers ...

As we careen toward a future in which Google has final say over what apps you can run, the company has sought to assuage the community’s fears with a blog post and a casual “backstage” video. Google ...

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F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google’s new requirements for all Android developers to verify their identity. The third-party app store argues that Google falsely frames ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Google is tightening the rules around sideloaded apps. Starting in 2026, Android will require all ...

Google has lowered the number of people who have to test an Android app before it can be released on the Play Store. Now, a minimum of 12 people have to test an Android app for 14 days before it can ...

Google has started the rollout of a new Android developer verification system designed to reduce malicious apps and improve platform security, with global enforcement planned in the coming years. The ...