Google has confirmed to Android Authority that development of the Android operating system will soon fully happen in private. Currently, Google shares some of the work it does on the public AOSP ...

Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, ...

Google has released its second Developer Preview of the Android XR software development kit (SDK) following its initial release late last year, introducing new features and improvements including ...

Google will publish Android Open Source Project code only twice annually starting in 2026, cutting releases from quarterly to ...

May 21 (Reuters) - Volvo Cars and Alphabet's Google said on Wednesday the Swedish carmaker was now the lead development partner for Android automotive software, which should give its buyers access to ...

The operating system will still be open source, but Google is now moving all development to a private, internal software branch. It previously worked on some features, like the Bluetooth stack, in ...

What if the future of coding wasn’t about writing lines of code but about collaborating with an AI partner that understands your needs? Enter Google Jules vs OpenAI Codex, two new AI-powered coding ...

Google has consolidated teams working on augmented reality and has big plans for a new software platform it's shopping to partners.

Google’s Project IDX is offering a fresh perspective on modern software development to developers by providing a free, AI-enhanced, web-based development environment. Designed to compete with tools ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. A day after Apple announced iOS 26 at WWDC ...