Google’s new Android Bench ranks the top AI models for Android coding, with Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leading Claude Opus 4.6 and GPT-5.2-Codex.

You might have noticed some reporting a few days ago that Android 17 was rolling out in beta form, but that didn’t happen. For reasons Google still has not explained, the release was canceled. Two ...

Following the release of Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1 earlier today, Google has revealed that the Android 17 Beta is starting soon. Android 16 QPR3 Beta 2.1 is the final release in that cycle, and Google ...

Google Warns Over 1 Billion Android Phones Are Now at Risk Your email has been sent If you’re using an older Android phone, Google has a message you probably don’t want to hear. More than 40% of ...

Last summer, Google announced that Android 16 would include a desktop interface built from Samsung DeX, a mirroring and phone integration tool for PC. Thanks to a (now permissions-restricted) bug ...

From swirling updates to confusing convergence and more than a few wacky experiments, 2026 is looking to be anything but uneventful for Google's Android platform. It’s hard to believe, but here we be ...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have set a world record for selenium solar cells, achieving 10.3% efficiency for the first time above the 10% threshold. The breakthrough was enabled by ...

When Android 16 landed on Pixels early last summer, it didn’t make much of a splash. To say that many of us were disappointed by what we saw — or what we didn’t see, to be fair — would be an ...

Participants in the Android Beta Program get first dibs on the next update, which is set to land in official form next year Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on ...