After settling its lengthy antitrust battle over the Android app ecosystem earlier this month, Google said Thursday it will make it easier to install Android apps from outside the Play Store. The ...

MediaTek’s MWC 2026 key highlights include the world’s first 6G radio interoperability demo, a 5G-Advanced CPE with Wi-Fi 8, and satellite-based video calling for cars. The company also debuted AI ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

Android remains one of the most customizable mobile operating systems out there, despite Google's recent efforts to rein it in. You don't necessarily have to root your Android device to get it to do ...

Before they were the Talking Heads, they were the Artistics. And as the Artistics, singer and guitarist David Byrne, drummer Christ Frantz, and bassist David Anderson recorded an early demo of future ...

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 ...

Android and Chrome OS have been developed in parallel for years, but Google is planning to streamline its operating systems. In a recent interview, Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat stated ...

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Google has dug back into its past and introduced its latest take on smart glasses during I/O 2025. Glasses with Android XR brings Gemini AI to smart glasses thanks to an expanded partnership between ...

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Google ended the The Android Show with a teaser about Android XR glasses, and how I/O 2025 attendees will be able to demo the new form factor. Android head Sameer Samat ended the event by cheekily ...