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Android 16’s answer to iOS Live Activities is coming soon – here are the apps it’ll support, including Google Maps

First-look images of Android's upcoming Live Updates function revealed Similar feel to iOS Live Activities Live Updates is currently only functional in the latest Android 16 QPR1 beta, but should ...
Android Authority

Google app gets new 'Activity' tab for access to search history and more (Updated: Beta rollout)

The Google app seems to be getting a new “Activity” tab. The tab allows users to easily access their search history from both Chrome and the Google app itself. It will also serve as a hub for managing ...
TechCrunch

Google will require developer verification for Android apps outside the Play Store

Google is tightening security measures around Android app distribution, the company announced on Monday. Starting next year, Google will begin to verify the identities of developers distributing their ...
MacRumors

Developers Can Now Make Android Apps With Apple's Swift

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 ...
Wired

Google Will Make All Android App Developers Verify Their Identity Starting Next Year

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...
Android Police

Discord opens the floodgates on Activities, new web apps inside your voice chats

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 ...