Google's Play Integrity API is making it harder for users with rooted phones or custom ROMs to access certain apps. Here's ...

Android has been leveraging the more efficient Vulcan API for many years. With Android 16’s new changes, Google is doubling down, requiring devices to support the new Host Image Copy feature.

Pixel phones could receive native OS-level flashlight brightness adjustment in the upcoming Android 16 QPR 1 update. The ...

Google announced in a developer blog post last week that Credential Manager, a new Android-specific API for storing credentials like username and password combinations and passkeys, is going ...

But, arguably, the bigger impact is for end users. With this new screenshot detection API, Android 14 will show users when a screenshot has been detected by the app in question. Google details ...

Google is killing off its proposal for "Web Environment Integrity API" as a new web standard, though Android phones may still have to deal with it. According to Google's proposal document ...

Android 16's new Advanced Protection program enhances Google's existing security service of the same name. A new AdvancedProtectionManager API lets compatible apps automatically change their own ...

Google has announced the availability of the first developer preview release for Android 16. Developer previews, for those who are unfamiliar, are made available so developers can test their apps ...

App developers may not be locked to edge-to-edge displays on Android phones due to a hidden opt-out in Android 15. However, all of that was meant to change with the release of Android 15.