The likes of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Open Rights Group signed an open letter from the Keep Android Open project in opposition to developer registration, which opens next month and will ...

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37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play Soon, developers who just want to make Android apps for sideloading will have to register with Google. Thirty-seven ...

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Google has started rolling out the Android 17 Beta 1 update to eligible Pixel devices, with big changes for adaptive apps, media, and more.

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