Android’s openness has long allowed software to reach phones without passing through Google Play. Google is adding a new gate ...

In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens innovation, competition, privacy, and user freedom. Google’s planned Android ...

Developer verification will soon block the installation of apps from unverified developers on any Android device running ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since Google revealed Android, which the company described as the first “truly open” mobile operating system, setting Google-powered phones apart from the iPhone’s ...

Developers may not realize they are sharing their users' location data with advertisers, per new research.