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Following Magic Pointer and Desktop Camera, Google has now released a “Look up” app for Googlebooks.  Read more...

On Saturday morning, you might have noticed an app called “Android Pulse” appearing in the list of...

Google appears to have prepared a dedicated section for third-party app stores within Google Play, and Aptoide...

Following a long battle in court, Google has opened the floodgates to third-party app store distribution via...

Google is looking at two fines from the European Union, which claims the company violated the Digital...

As we wait for more Googlebook details this fall, Google has released a “Magic Pointer” app to...

Google has released a new Pixel Audio Services application for the Pixel 10 series. Read more @ 9to5google

As previewed at I/O 2026, the Gemini app on Android now integrates with the Google Play Store. Read...

Google today announced that it will open up the Play Store to external payments starting on June...

While the court still hasn't signed off on the massive settlement resolving Epic's antitrust lawsuit against Google...

With coding having emerged as one of the best use cases for LLMs, Google is reportedly looking...

If there’s one app I’ve always been jealous of from the iPhone, it’s Flighty, a super-useful flight...

Google’s entire ethos is built around Gemini these days, and now, that experience is coming to how...

Yesterday, Google published “COSMO,” an “experimental AI assistant application for Android devices” on the Play Store. Read more @...

Google has removed popular psychological horror game Doki Doki Literature Club! from the Play Store. According to...

Finding the right app on the Google Play Store just got a lot easier. Google is rolling...

Google is rolling out some updates in the Play Store, with reviews now featuring a handy option...

Following a near six-year hiatus, Fortnite for Android is officially returning to the Google Play Store later...

Now that Epic Games and Google have made up — or at least found a way to...

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Epic Games has spent a lot of time in court over the past several years, but it...

More and more people are turning to VPN apps to boost their privacy and security on their...

As Black History Month comes to a close, here are five of some of the most thought-provoking apps made by Black developers in the U.S.

Google has paused its rule requiring use of its own Play Store system for in-app payments. Developers can use third-party services and avoid Google's 30% tax.

Google owes app developers a total of $90 million for its 30% cut of all in-app purchases following the company's settlement of a class-action suit.

Google is introducing several new features that will help game and app developers to engage and grow their audience while also improving privacy and security.

The Google Play Store has gotten rid of a popular feature, resulting in a fan outcry and confusion.

The U.K.'s Competition and Market Authority thinks Apple and Google are stifling mobile competition. Here's what that means.

It’s no secret that Google’s wearable platform has been stagnant over the years. Wear OS users are lucky to get one or two quality of life updates a year, but hopefully, with the upcoming merger with Tizen, we’ll see the platform truly take a leap forward in features and usability.However, while we wait for the revolutionary new platform upgrade, Google is releasing some much-needed improvements for installing apps on your smartwatch in the coming weeks.For starters, you’ll soon be able to search for watch apps using the Play Store on your phone by adding the terms “watch” or “watch faces” to your query. Browsing for watch apps on your phone will also get easier with new curated sections for Wear OS and Watch Faces for Wear OS category pages featuring recommended popular apps for your smartwatch.Even better, you’ll also have the option to use the Play Store on your phone to install the apps on your watch. Because what good would browsing watch apps on your phone be if you couldn’t install them from there?Installing apps that have both a phone and watch app will be easy thanks to a drop down menu housed in the “Install” button on the Play Store listing. Tapping on the arrow icon will expand the menu and allow you to choose which device you want to install it on.Along with making apps easier to install when using your phone, Google is also giving the Play Store on your watch a visual refresh. The new layout is based on Material You and features larger cards to help with navigating on a smaller display.Additionally, when you make an in-app purchase on the watch the Play Store will now open the purchase page on your smartphone or provide a URL to open up in a browser to complete the purchase.Google says the new update will begin rolling out over the coming weeks to smartwatches running Wear OS 2.x and above. However, there have already been reports of many users receiving the new Play Store redesign on their watches over the past week. Unfortunately, I’m not one of those lucky few but it’s nice to know that it will be coming soon.

When you opt-in for personalized ads on your Android phone, Google creates an advertising ID which it uses to track you and make suggestions. However, did you know that advertising ID is also available to apps on your phone? Well, that’s all about to change.Google recently updated its support page on the Play Console to inform developers that in the near future their apps will lose access to this advertising ID when a user opts out of personalized ads.Starting in late 2021, when a user opts out of interest-based advertising or ads personalization, the advertising identifier will not be available. You will receive a string of zeros in place of the identifier.As you can see, the change won’t be coming until late 2021–whenever that may be–but at least it’s coming. According to the article from XDA-Developers, a notice shared by a developer sheds some more light on the upcoming change. For starters, it will come via a phased rollout affecting apps on Android 12 first. Later, devices supporting Google Play will get the same treatment starting in early 2022.This Google Play services phased rollout will affect apps running on Android 12 devices starting late 2021 and will expand to affect apps running on devices that support Google Play in early 2022. In July, we will provide more details and an alternate solution to support essential use cases such as analytics and fraud prevention.While most users will be waiting till early 2022 for this feature, if you’d like to go ahead and opt-out of personalized ads right now, here’s how to do it. Open the settings menu on your phone, navigate to Google, select Ads, and toggle on Opt out of Ads Personalization.This recent development is one of Google’s latest attempts to play catch up with Apple, as the Cupertino company pushes its privacy-first approach to smartphones. Google also announced back at I/O that the Play Store would be adding privacy info to apps similar to what Apple added to its App Store last year.

Google will soon make it harder for third-party apps to see what other apps are installed on a user's Android

Facebook is one of the most popular social networks around the globe, but with Facebook Lite, the app goes on a diet for low-end phones. How does it compare?