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News for Android Developers publishing in the Google Play store, Amazon app store, or other alternate Android based app stores.

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Gemini Pro preview - Even better coding performance

Tuesday, May 6, 2025
By Richard Harris

Developers gain powerful new tools for UI design, video-to-code workflows, and agentic programming with the Gemini Pro Preview – even better coding performance, now enhanced to deliver faster, more reliable coding experiences across modern web apps....

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Boost app quality with new Play Console Insights

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
By Austin Harris

Developers can now access enhanced metrics, a redesigned dashboard, and actionable alerts to build better apps, making it easier than ever to monitor performance, reduce issues, and boost app quality with new Play Console insights....

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Android 15 releases to AOSP

Tuesday, September 17, 2024
By Richard Harris

Android 15 releases to AOSP and the update will roll out to Pixel devices soon and expand to select devices from brands like Samsung, Lenovo, and Xiaomi in the coming months. This release enhances open-source development, enabling developers to build...

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UK android app developers file class action suit against Google

Thursday, September 12, 2024
By Freeman Lightner

Google is facing a £1.04 billion class action claim brought by UK Android app developers over its Play Store. Professor Barry Rodger alleges that Google abused its dominant market position by imposing excessive fees on developers, who have been force...

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Google smartphones are facing huge loyalty issues says Statista

Monday, June 3, 2024
By Richard Harris

Despite efforts to capture market share from Apple and Samsung, Google remains a niche smartphone player. Recent analysis from Statista revealed the new Pixel 8a aims to attract users with AI-driven software, but Google faces loyalty issues as 57% of...

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Huawei and Samsung see drop in market shares

Tuesday, February 21, 2023
By Brittany Hainzinger

Samsung, and Huawei have seen their market shares drop year-over-year, while Chinese smartphone manufacturers, Oppo and Vivo, have gained ground and now hold 22.6% of the Android market but the Samsung Galaxy A12 is still the top Android phone with a...

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Most used Android mobile devices throughout the world

Wednesday, December 1, 2021
By Austin Harris

Uptodown launched a report on the most used Android mobile devices throughout the world. The Galaxy A12 is the most popular model in North America, the Huawei nova 7i is the most popular model in Southern Europe, and the popular model in Africa is th...

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Uptodown: An alternative to Google Play

Wednesday, June 2, 2021
By Richard Harris

We recently spoke with Luis Hernandez Garrido, CEO of Uptodown, to hear more about how Uptodown is an alternative to Google Play, which guarantees users and developers the right to choose where to get their apps and games from and improves privacy....

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StrandHogg Android vulnerability identified

Thursday, December 5, 2019
By Freeman Lightner

Serious Android vulnerability leaves most apps vulnerable to attacks. Identified by Norwegian app security company Promon, following several attacks on a number of customer bank accounts, the StrandHogg vulnerability allows real-life malware to pose ...

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Nodle cash app now available for android

Monday, November 11, 2019
By Austin Harris

The Nodle Cash App is now available in the Google Play Store for Android phones. Previously, this app was only available preinstalled on HTC Exodus 1 smartphones....

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Android Dev Summit highlights

Monday, October 28, 2019
By Freeman Lightner

Announcements from the 2019 Android Developer Summit include Jetpack Compose, Android Studio 4.0 in Canary, Android App Bundles, the future of Android, and the modern android development experience....

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Cross platform graphical toolkit from the Qt Company arrives

Monday, August 26, 2019
By Freeman Lightner

The Qt Company introduces Qt for MCUs, a graphics toolkit for the creation of smartphone-like experiences and offers ultimate performance with a tiny footprint for devices in the connected vehicle, wearable, smart home, industrial and medical sectors...

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Why Glass Enterprise Edition 2 is easier to develop for and deploy

Wednesday, May 22, 2019
By Richard Harris

With the new edition of Google Glass comes better developer support improved CPU, enhanced camera, longer battery life, and advancements in security....

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Error monitoring system from Rollbar now on Google Cloud

Friday, April 12, 2019
By Austin Harris

Rollbar partners with Google Cloud Platform to enhance automatic error detection for developer software....

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Push notification value increases with intensity

Monday, March 4, 2019
By Richard Harris

Marfeel research finds optimal push notification strategies for user engagement, intensity can increase the value of notifications by up to 40 percent. Delivering value means setting standards to make sure that push notifications remain engaging, and...

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Productive app updates while prioritizing the customer

Monday, February 25, 2019
By Richard Harris

Publishing app updates keep developers innovating their product, but if you don't listen to users and stay mindful of important feedback you could be spinning your wheels....

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