Google details UI design of Android XR-based AI glasses with display

Google explains how it redesigned its UI for display AI glasses, fixing issues like glare, legibility and focus, ahead of Google I/O 2026 ...
KSL

iPhone vs. Android? This lawmaker wants Utah to officially weigh in

SALT LAKE CITY — When a reporter asked Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore about his new bill designating Android as the state's preferred mobile operating system, his fellow senators sitting near ...
Computerworld

Android 2026 preview: 7 things to watch

From swirling updates to confusing convergence and more than a few wacky experiments, 2026 is looking to be anything but uneventful for Google's Android platform. It’s hard to believe, but here we be ...
techtimes

Android vs iOS Customization: Comparison of Mobile OS Differences and What Users Can and Cannot Control

Explore android vs ios customization in this smartphone comparison, breaking down key mobile OS differences to show what users can and cannot control on each platform. Pixabay, Fauno Android and iOS ...
Bleeping Computer

Google backpedals on new Android developer registration rules

Google is backpedaling on its decision to introduce new identity verification rules for all developers, stating that it will also introduce accounts for limited app distribution and will allow users ...
The Verge

Google will let ‘experienced users’ keep sideloading Android apps

The company is adding a process to install apps from unverified developers. The company is adding a process to install apps from unverified developers. is a news editor with over a decade’s experience ...
InfoWorld

Swift SDK arrives for Android development

The Swift Android workgroup has announced nightly preview releases of the Swift SDK for Android, a tool kit for developing Android mobile applications with Apple’s Swift language. Instructions for ...
MacRumors

Developers Can Now Make Android Apps With Apple's Swift

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...
InfoWorld

JetBrains Amper build tool adds Compose Hot Reload

JetBrains has released Amper 0.8.0, an update to the build tool for Java and Kotlin that adds support for Compose Hot Reload. Amper 0.8.0 also adds support for custom Kotlin compiler versions and for ...
Ars Technica

Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

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 ...
Hackaday

Going Native With Android’s Native Development Kit

Originally Android apps were only developed in Java, targeting the Dalvik Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and its associated environment. Compared to platforms like iOS with Objective-C, which is just C ...