CNET spoke with Google's Sameer Samat and Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian about why they're combining a phone and laptop OS and how they'll do it.

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must be tied to a Google-verified ...

You can now access most of your Android phone's files from the Linux Terminal app, starting in Android 16 QPR2.

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Google's upcoming requirements to verify app developers threaten to 'end the F-Droid project and other free/open-source app ...

OS 26 packs handy tricks Android lacks: smarter text selection, case-based icon tinting, customizable motion cues, folder ...

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android. Because the apps in F-Droid are not installed via the Play Store, you have to ...

Setting up Yahoo email on your Android device is a similar process. You can add your Yahoo Mail account through Yahoo's app ...

Open source Android app store cannot exist if Google's plans go ahead, says F-Droid board member The F-Droid project, which ...

New research underscores the need to eliminate hidden privacy leaks across mobile applications that expose organizations to ...

One of Android’s defining traits has always been freedom—the ability to install apps from anywhere, not just Google Play. But that openness may be under threat. Google’s proposed developer ...

F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.