May 2019

Google last year launched the Android App Bundle, a release format designed to reduce the size of app installs. It's now out of beta and available to all developers, which means all apps now have the potential to be kinder to your phone in…

Google has finally officially started supporting its dedicated in-house Android developer tool - the aptly named Android Studio IDE - for Chrome OS, as shown in a number of reports.The change not only means that users will finally have a…

google has confirmed that all laptops running Chrome OS this year will be Linux-ready Chromebooks. the news comes after the Google I/O keynote which introduced a number of features in Google Search, Google Assistant and more. Google…

Last year, Google took to I / O to encourage developers to build apps with Chromebooks and larger screens in mind. This year, the Mountain View team is courting the same developers to Chrome OS with even more native tools for use on…

Update 1 (7/7/19 at 3:34 p.m. ET): After months of waiting and questioning, Google has finally released an updated Android distribution report (below).Software fragmentation is Android's Achilles heel. Every year, Google releases a new…

At last year's I / O Developer Conference, Google announced Project Marble, an effort to bring more speed and stability to the company's Android Studio IDE. This was in stark contrast to previous updates, where the focus was mostly…

So the main Google I / O 2019 keynote has come and gone with barely a mention of Chrome OS or Chromebooks. After the end, I listened to the developer's speech to see if there would be any news there.As expected, there was no news on…

Google's official IDE for Android software development, Android Studio, has recently undergone a number of changes to improve overall stability. Google dubbed its bug-removal initiative “Project Marble”…

Google I / O isn't expected to start until tomorrow, but Google has announced an update to its Android Auto infotainment system ahead of schedule. Maybe tomorrow's event is just too filled with wonder to include Android Auto, but…