Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

While Android beta testers were exploring the newly-launched Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1, Google decided to surprise everyone. The official Android Beta Program handle on Reddit has confirmed the arrival ...

David Lumb is a senior reporter covering mobile and gaming spaces. Over the last decade, he's reviewed phones for TechRadar as well as covered tech, gaming, and culture for Engadget, Popular Mechanics ...

About a month ago, Google surprised us by releasing the first Android 16 developer preview barely a month after the stable Android 15 update came out. It began a much faster development timeline than ...

Google is rolling out Android developer verification to all starting April 2026 with a deadline of September 2026. Here is how to sideload apps in your Android phone after April 2026.

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." ...

One of the first items I always enable when I get a new Android phone is developer mode. This hidden menu is designed to cater to the needs of developers, and it contains numerous valuable items for ...

When I first started using a smartphone, the choice between Android and iOS felt like an easy one. Sure, Apple had an attractive UI, and an early lead on third-party software support, but going the ...

Google is framing the change as a direct response to feedback from “power users” who want the freedom to take calculated ...