In the name of convenience, many apps these days are designed to be cross-platform. They can run on both mobile and desktop, so you can readily switch between devices without starting from scratch. It ...

Android 16 QPR3 will introduce a subtle feature that reveals which app is accessing a user's location at a given time. The update, which will roll out in March 2026 and is now available via beta, adds ...

This guide will help you build a fully functional Android app using Java only, without Android Studio. It covers setting up the environment, creating a minimal project, building debug APKs, and ...

Google is adding a new notifying dot in Android 16 QPR3 which tells you when an app is accessing your location. Back in 2021’s Android 12 release, Google added a new green dot to prominently notify ...

Google Chat finally gets the ability to schedule messages up to 120 days in advance. There’s a new Draft shortcut, which opens a dedicated area to manage all scheduled messages. The scheduling feature ...

Messaging app Freedom Chat has fixed a pair of security flaws: one that allowed a security researcher to guess registered users’ phone numbers, and another that exposed user-set PINs to others on the ...

Google Chat can now be accessed right at chat.google.com in your browser. The old URLs still work, but Chrome extensions may need to be updated. Chat is also adding the ability to schedule messages in ...

Just describe your edits to ChatGPT, and the Photoshop, Acrobat, and Express apps will do it for you or surface the tool you need. Just describe your edits to ChatGPT, and the Photoshop, Acrobat, ...

Google has disabled the SmartTube app on various Android TV devices. The developer subsequently revealed that their digital signature was exposed, posing a security threat to SmartTube users. The ...

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Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and cause excessive battery draining. Apps that exceed a "bad behavior threshold" ...