Google Issues Android Update—40% Of All Phones Now At Risk

Google has just issued an updated Android distribution chart and it makes for an alarming read. The latest OS — Android 16 — was on just 7.5% of phones when the data was captured in December, while ...
GizChina

Google Ends Android Auto Support for these Xiaomi Phones

Android Auto 15.5 is the final version supporting Android 8 Oreo. 19 Xiaomi and Redmi models released between 2016–2018 are affected. Google’s new standard is Android 9 Pie or higher. The change ...
Forbes

Google’s New Android Update — 3 Things Your Phone Can No Longer Do

Android security update adds preventative user blocks. Update, May 16, 2025: This story, originally published May 14, has been updated with news of more security features that have either arrived or ...
Android Authority

Here's how Google is making it easier for developers to port PC games to Android

Google announced a bevy of new features, tools, and programs ahead of the latest Game Developers Conference (GDC) to make bringing PC games to Android easier than ever. These include first-class ...
Android Police

Google makes Ultra HDR support mandatory for phones in Android 15's performance class

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Android Authority

Google is testing a new version of Chrome for Android with extensions support

Google is working on a new version of Chrome for Android that supports browser extensions. Specifically, the company is experimenting with “desktop” builds of Chrome for Android. These “desktop” ...
CNET

Google Launches Android 14 for Pixel Phones: Everything You Need to Know

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. Google announced the release of Android 14, ...