Android 17: Every new feature discovered so far

Google has made several major changes to the Android development cycle in recent years, and as a result, newer versions now ...
ZDNet

Inside Google's AI plan to end Android developer toil - and speed up innovation

Google is expanding AI across the Android Studio workflow. It intends AI to reduce "toil" for work like tests, updates, and API migrations. Google says coding shifts from "how" to defining "what." ...
Spectrum News NY1

Greenpoint divided as community board backs massive waterfront development

A Brooklyn community board has voted to recommend approval of Monitor Point, a massive mixed-use development planned for Greenpoint’s waterfront that has sharply divided residents. On Tuesday, ...
Android Authority

Check out Android's expected 2026 update and release cycle

It’s all very messy. Even someone like me, whose job is to follow Android, kept getting confused by all the overlapping update cycles and feature releases. So I dug in and tried to make sense of the ...
Taste of Country

Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert + More To Play Turning Point USA’s All-American Halftime Show

Kid Rock will lead a group of four country singers performing at the Turning Point USA All-American Halftime Show on Sunday (Feb. 8). The other three are established hitmakers, including one American ...
Android Authority

Android updates explained: Betas, Canary builds, and what you should use

If you have ever read about a new Android feature and wondered why your phone doesn’t have it, or why some people are talking about it months before Google officially announces anything, you are ...
Android Authority

The Galaxy S26 launch date is all but official at this point

Trusted leaker Evan Blass has claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S26 phones will launch on February 25. This corroborates recent leaks and rumors about the launch date. Samsung is expected to reveal the ...
ZDNet

How AI and Rust are rewriting Linux and Windows programming

Microsoft and Linux are adding AI and Rust to their pipelines. Microsoft is leaning much harder into AI development than Linux. Both are expanding Rust, but neither OS will be fully Rust soon.
ZDNet

I wore Google's upcoming Android XR smart glasses, and it's a future I'd actually want to live in

Google announced three advances in its Android XR platform. They're headlined by display AI glasses that will be available to developers first. Galaxy XR and Project Aura also get updates that improve ...
PC Magazine

I Tried the New Android XR Smart Glasses From Google and XReal. I Didn't Expect to Be This Impressed

Google's Android XR platform and XReal's Project Aura are bringing smart glasses closer to mainstream reality, offering developers powerful tools to create practical, everyday wearable experiences ...
Ars Technica

The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop

Last year, Apple finally added support for Rich Communications Services (RCS) texting to its platforms, improving consistency, reliability, and security when exchanging green-bubble texts between the ...