Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

Google is discontinuing its Android Instant Apps feature in December 2025. The feature allowed users to try parts of an app without needing to perform a full installation from the Play Store. Low ...

Recently, it was announced that Huawei’s HarmonyOS Next operating system is almost ready. This is a self-developed OS, and it doesn’t use AOSP (Android Open Source Project). In other words, it’s not ...

The Huawei Harmony OS can be considered to have come of age now that it is ready to shed its Android lineage. The platform which initially came to be branded as a rehashed version of Android is ...

Google is addressing doubts regarding the mandatory developer verification for Android apps installed via sideloading, confirming the feature is not going away. The new requirement—which involves a ...

While the Google Play Store has thousands of Android applications, that doesn’t mean it has every Android app. There are some lesser-known gems with unique offerings you will not find on the platform.