Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.

To download and install an app on Android, you need to prep your device. Forgoing the Play Store bypasses Google's security ...

Despite its slow progress in coding-focused AI models lately, Google is continuing to push this as a core feature of its ...

You're not stuck with the Amazon App Store.

Google is trying to make it easier for users to discover new apps with Ask Play upgrades, Play in Gemini, and more Play Store changes.

Smarter ways to manage app updates ...

Google Play's October 2026 update adds Ask Play video answers, 30-second Playbacks, Play Shorts sharing, Android XR pairing, ...

The easiest way to update all of your apps through Google Play is through a long-press shortcut on the Google Play icon on your home screen. It’s a handy trick many people don’t know about that will ...

Google is clearly on a mission to make Android ever more like iPhone when it comes to privacy and security. But one battlefield where Android continues to trail iPhone by some distance is app safety ...

Big changes are coming to Android apps, but they’re not the changes Google wanted. The settlement between Google and Epic that aimed to put to rest the companies’ long-running antitrust battle is ...