Android phones are able to provide some pretty fantastic functionality. Thanks to the sheer amount of apps available on the Play Store (and off it, until Google restricts this important feature), you ...

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...

Google Messages is moving closer to completely removing the convenient QR code pairing method for its desktop web app. In the v20260511 beta version of the Android app, the built-in QR code scanner ...

Sharing files between Android and iPhone has always been a pain, but Google is quietly fixing that. The company launched a new Quick Share feature that made Android devices compatible with Apple’s ...

I compared the best QR code payment apps for small businesses, focusing on provider flexibility, in-person and remote QR payment support, POS support, transaction fees, and overall ease of use. Small ...

The latest Swift 6.3 update introduces the first official Swift SDK for Android. This allows developers to build native Android apps or integrate Swift code into existing Kotlin/Java projects. The ...

Developers will also be able to use a "limited distribution account" to share apps to small groups of people without verification. For the average Android users, the ability to sideload apps will now ...

You downloaded a flashlight app. A game. A weather widget. Something useful, free and completely harmless-looking. But “free app” and “surveillance tool with a ...

I will quote a lot of times from this official document, see the full document here: https://developer.android.com/develop/connectivity/nfc/hce This app explains how ...

The scanning features of Lens are now available in Microsoft’s OneDrive app instead. The scanning features of Lens are now available in Microsoft’s OneDrive app instead. is a senior correspondent and ...

Microsoft has started retiring the Microsoft Lens PDF scanner app for Android and iOS devices on Friday, January 9th, with plans to remove it from app stores next month. Microsoft Lens (previously ...

Back in July, Google widely introduced a redesign of the Android QR code scanner, but then rolled it back. The updated interface is now starting to reappear. This is the QR code scanner available from ...