The modern smartphone is a powerful little tool. But what makes it different from mobile phones of yesteryear is the capability to install third-party apps, letting users truly explore the machine's ...

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...

Google is working on a new advanced flow that will let Android power users install apps from unverified developers while ...

While Android market share fluctuates over time, it still takes up more than 70% of the mobile operational systems market. Taking that there are 8 billion people on Earth and at least half of them ...

Android apps have come a long way in recent years, and the difference is clear: smoother navigation, faster load times, and cleaner designs. Users used to put up with clunky interfaces and slow ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A class of Android app developers represented by plaintiffs’ rights law firm Hagens Berman today secured a $90 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit alleging ...

After Google began restricting which Android apps can gain SMS and Call Log permissions, the company is now focusing on "improving and clarifying" the process it uses to approve or knock back Android ...

A new report suggests that all Android app markets combined will soon outpace the app downloads of Apple's iOS App Store, but a parallel report notes that piracy and malware republishing continue to ...