This addition allows developers to connect Google's Gemini AI models' reasoning capabilities with live geospatial data from Google Maps, enabling applications to deliver detailed, location-relevant ...

Google says sideloading will remain on Android under new developer verification rules, but concerns persist for indie app stores.

Google Play will require apps to be tested with a minimum of 20 people over two weeks. Google is cracking down on bogus Android apps with stricter requirements for developers who want their apps in ...

Google is bringing its AI technology to the Play Store. At this week’s developer event, Google I/O, the company announced several new ways for developers to use its AI to build and optimize their ...

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

Small app developers pried $90 million from Google in a legal settlement announced Friday, hot on the heels of a similar agreement with Apple. In a blog post Friday, Google said it had agreed to pay ...

BRUSSELS, July 19 (Reuters) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O), opens new tab unit Google said it will from Tuesday cut fees to 12%, from 15%, for non-gaming app developers on its Google Play App Store which switch ...

“A vast majority of U.S. developers who earned revenue through Google Play will be eligible to receive money from this fund, if they choose,” Google said in a blog post announcing the agreement, which ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Google compares the move to an ID check at the airport, and says it's aimed at tackling harmful apps. It launches next year, but you can request early access now. Don't miss out on our latest stories.

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge's order requiring Alphabet's Google to make major ...

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