Samsung has launched the One UI 9 beta for Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+, and Galaxy S26 Ultra users in the US, UK, Germany, India, Poland, and South Korea. The update is based on Android 17, and the users who enroll through the Samsung Members app can download it now. …
… Once the carriers have all approved the update, Samsung will release the unlocked update. Yes, that's not the way most OEMs do it, but Samsung users will probably still get Android 11 on their unlocked phones quicker than anyone with an LG or Motorola phone. …
… At Google's Android Dev Summit, Google more or less confirmed Opens in a new window a dark UI mode is happening, but it didn't say when. …
… It has a clean UI and the Holo design guidelines are applied rigorously in Google's apps. These two operating systems look more alike now than they ever have before. Android could be due for a big UI update when 4.4 KitKat is finally unveiled, and that might turn the tables on Apple. …
… But overall, these are some promising changes, especially when it comes to Android Auto's UI and mapping.
… APEX is similar to the APK container for app distribution. Android Q processes APEX files in the same package manager that installs your apps, but instead of an app, APEX files contain new system components. This is part of Google's ongoing effort to accelerate Android updates. …
… There is a new Package Development Kit PDK for OEMs that should, in theory, make Android updates easier to build. …
… Before it canceled Windows 10, Microsoft was trying to woo desktop and popular iOS/Android app vendors to build programs for its tiny phone business. Apple is leveraging a highly successful iOS market to build apps for macOS. …
… Even apps that do support ICS will end up failing as they search for Play Services components that don't work. Android is open source, so there's nothing stopping someone from grabbing the ICS code and building something with it. …
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