Compare iOS, Android, and cross-platform app development costs in 2026. Understand the total cost of ownership, maintenance expenses, and when each platform strategy makes financial sense.
Japanese manufacturing conglomerate Toyota is developing an open source gaming engine. The technology is said to be professionally extensible enough to Japanese manufacturing conglomerate Toyotais ...
A post on the Android Developers Blog today highlights the “new” embedded photo picker and its use in Google Messages. Developers can integrate the photo picker into their applications instead of just ...
Android is adding new verification steps to sideloaded apps, introducing friction for advanced users while aiming to reduce malware, fraud, and scams. Image: prima91/Adobe Stock Android users often ...
Google's Android XR platform and XReal's Project Aura are bringing smart glasses closer to mainstream reality, offering developers powerful tools to create practical, everyday wearable experiences ...
Android 16 QPR2 Rolls Out With New AI Tools and Customization Upgrades Your email has been sent Google has officially started rolling out the latest set of Android 16 features, marking a major change ...
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Android apps will soon be facing penalties for excess battery drain on the Play Store, but developers will be made aware of these issues and have time to fix them before they are penalized, per Google ...
Google is rolling out a wave of new AI-powered tools for Android developers, led by Gemini integrations across Google Play and Android Studio. Developers can now use Gemini to translate and localize ...
Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.
The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...
TL;DR: At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm and Google announced a new line of Android-driven PCs designed for the AI era, combining the Android ecosystem, Gemini AI, and next-gen Snapdragon chips.