New Android features coming in Spring 2022
…Since there are a lot of them, let's jump right in! Nearby Sharing expanding to multiple devices at once Nearby Share is a feature that lets you send content to another…
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New features, emojis, & security improvements: Here’s everything new coming to Android!
Hi Reddit, We just wrapped up The Android Show | I/O Edition, and a core theme of the show was how we’re making your phone more helpful so that you can spend less time looking at it and more time living your life. To mak…
Show HN: Code on the Go, an IDE for Android with On-Device Debugging (GPLv3)
Hi HN, I’m Hal, the CTO at App Dev for All. I wanted to share a technical problem we worked on over the past year and how we approached it.We’ve been building Code on the Go, a full-featured IDE that runs entirely on an …
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I swapped 3 costly productivity tools for Google's NotebookLM, and I'm never going back
Dhruv Bhutani May 28, 2026, 3:00 PM EDT Dhruv Bhutani has covered the Android ecosystem since 2010, with a focus on smartphones, connected devices, and home networking. His reporting is informed…
My Android 16 home screen is officially a vibe, thanks to the new system themes
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…You’ll be able to temporarily share your precise location Google With Android 17, Google is also introducing a new, temporary precise location-sharing button. So instead of granting permanent location access…