Android

Android 12L is Google’s iPadOS Moment

Google revealed today that it will ship something called Android 12L in 2022 that will…

Google Tries to Make Up for Pixel 6 Preorder Mess

As I noted in my Google Pixel 6 Pro Preview, eager would-be buyers of the…

Google Lowers More Play Store Developer Fees

Unlike Apple, Google has seen the light: It is dramatically lowering the fees that it…

Hands-On with Android on Windows 11: Not as Seamless as Promised

With Android app compatibility (sort of) appearing in pre-prelease versions of Windows 11 this week,…

First Android Apps Preview Comes to … the Beta Channel?

Microsoft continues to confound our expectations and, frankly, common sense. Case in point, today’s Windows…

Microsoft Publishes Windows Subsystem for Android Guidelines for Devs

Microsoft this week published documentation for developers who wish to optimize their Android apps to…

Premium

In Praise of Android 12 (Premium)

Last year, Apple wowed me with iOS 14, a major visual and functional refresh of…

Google Pixel 6 Pro Preview

As promised, I preordered a Google Pixel 6 Pro, and I added a Google case…

Google Launches Pixel 6 Family, Pixel Pass, More

At a virtual event today, Google formally launched the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro…

Google Expects to Sell 7 Million Pixel 6, 5 Million Pixel 5a Handsets

Following up an earlier report about Google expecting record sales of the Pixel 6 family,…

Samsung is Having an October Event Too

Intent on always copying Apple, Samsung revealed last night that it, too, will hold an…

Japanese FTC is Investigating Apple and Google Smartphone Abuses

Japan's Fair Trade Commission announced that it is investigating Apple and Google for abusing their…

Google to Launch Pixel 6 on October 19

Well, it’s official: Google will announce the much-anticipated Pixel 6 family of handsets during a…

OxygenOS 12 Open Beta 1 is Now Available on OnePlus 9 Series

OnePlus announced that it has released the first open beta of the Android 12-based OxygenOS…

Google Completes Android 12

Google has completed the development of Android 12, the next major release of the most…

Fairphone 4 Arrives with a Five-Year Warranty

Fairphone’s latest sustainable and repair-friendly smartphone is now available and offers five years of support…

Thurrott