Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. The big June Pixel Feature Drop update that is rolling out today is more than just an update that provides new ...

Google has long run an Android Auto beta program, but joining it was almost impossible before today. Those who tried to take part often got an error message that said ...

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android marks new territory in cross-platform development with Apple's programming language. The Swift project has released the first preview releases of ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news first ...

Qualcomm has announced that smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite chips will be eligible for up to eight years of Android OS and security updates. The program would reduce update costs for ...