Enhanced Material Design components, including TopAppBar, AlertDialog, and ListDetailPaneScaffold. Hand tracking in ARCore via 26 joint points for gesture recognition. Emulator updates: improved ...

Folks doing custom ROMs for Pixel handsets like LineageOS and GrapheneOS will have their work cut out for them.

But sometimes, there's just no debate. And as strong as Apple's iPhone software may be, there are clear areas where Android is simply the better platform. Users who love UI customization options ...

Ahead of Android 16’s stable release, Google today is rolling out QPR1 Beta 1 to Pixel devices with the Material 3 Expressive redesign. Quarterly Platform Releases deliver more significant ...

Here’s how it works. Android 16 will bring major new features to all of the best Android phones, including a Material 3 Expressive design and Live Updates. In this guide, though, we’ve ...

At I/O 2025, Google provided a more thorough look at how you’ll use Android XR glasses in day-to-day life as work continues. Following the December announcement, Google today shared how all ...

Google appears to be developing an Android equivalent to iOS’s Standby Mode, hinted at by a Google Play Services update and code found in Android 16. This new feature will likely leverage an ...

Xiaomi is often amongst the first non-Google brands to release the latest Android OS to its devices. Android 15 was no different, and it’s already moving ahead with Android 16. The brand has ...

Google has just revealed the first beta for Android 16 QPR 1. This is effectively a preview for the next Pixel Drop release, expected to launch in June. Google has just made plenty of ...

Android Auto 14.4 is now arriving as part of a phased rollout. It will arrive over the coming weeks and months. We're expecting Android Auto 14.4 to add climate control features. Android Auto is ...

Smart glasses need to be stylish to really go mainstream I saw Google’s plan to put Android on your face The smart glasses era is here — I got a first look The other thing to note is that ...