10 awesome Shizuku apps I use to level up my Android experience

Shizuku is an important middleman for enabling powerful features on Android. Here are the best Shizuku apps for doing just ...

Elon Musk’s XChat App Launch — Everything You Need To Know

If you use X, you might want to try out XChat to conveniently speak to your contacts. But is the XChat app safe and should ...
Android Authority

5 of the best new Android apps you need to try this April

Keeping up with the latest and greatest apps and games is a difficult task, but I’m here to help. Each month, I list the best new Android apps and games I’ve discovered in recent weeks, and this month ...
Android

Apple’s Swift Language is Now Officially on Android to Break App Development Barriers

The latest Swift 6.3 update introduces the first official Swift SDK for Android. This allows developers to build native Android apps or integrate Swift code into existing Kotlin/Java projects. The ...
Engadget

Android will hide some app sideloading behind a new one-time security process

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally ...
The Verge

Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead

Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, ...
9to5google

Google details MCP-like ‘AppFunctions’ that let Gemini use Android apps

Following the Gemini automation announcement today, Google is detailing how all this works under the hood on Android. Google is “introducing early stage developer capabilities that bridge the gap ...
TechCrunch

Wispr Flow launches an Android app for AI-powered dictation

AI-powered dictation startup Wispr Flow has launched its Android app today. The company released its app for Mac and Windows first, then launched on iOS in June 2025. On iOS, users could use Wispr ...
Wired

The Simplest Android App for Scanning Documents

If you're interested in going paperless, you probably think you need a scanner. It's true that hardware scanners make turning multipage documents into PDFs very simple. But most of us don't have easy ...
Android Police

I replaced 6 subscription-based Android apps with these free open source gems and couldn't be happier

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work focus on productivity apps and flagship devices, ...
9to5google

App ‘Handoff’ coming to Android 17 for cross-device continuity

Besides what was detailed in Google’s blog post, another new “cross-device continuity” feature coming to Android 17 is “Handoff.” Google describes Handoff as a new user-facing feature that “runs in ...