Also released: a new Pixel Drop, and Wear OS 7.

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With just about a month left until the stable release of Android 17, brands have accelerated development to ensure a timely rollout for their devices. Vivo isn’t alone. The brand launched its Android ...

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In addition to serving up its own flavor of vibe-coding tools for building on Android, Google announced it will also offer tools that allow AI agents, like Claude Code, OpenAI’s Codex, or its own ...

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The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

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Millions of Americans could soon see a piece of a $135 million legal payout following a massive settlement involving Google and Android. According to the settlement, eligible customers are those who ...

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