Android

The EU unveils new proposals under the DMA aimed at opening up Android to rivals' AI services; Google says the measures are “unwarranted intervention” (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-4-28 Android Google AI

NGate Android malware uses HandyPay NFC app to steal card data (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-21 Android

YouTube now lets users set a zero-minute Shorts time limit, effectively removing them from its iOS and Android app; the lowest previous option was 15 minutes (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-16 Android IOS YouTube

Google rolls out an AI Enhance button for Photos on Android globally, offering automated lighting and contrast adjustments, and video playback speed controls (9to5google.com)
2026-4-8 Android Google AI

Samsung plans to discontinue its Messages app in the US in July 2026 and offers instructions for users on older Android versions to switch to Google Messages (9to5google.com)
2026-4-5 Android Google Samsung

'NoVoice' Android malware on Google Play infected 2.3 million devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-4-2 Android Google

Samsung launches Hearapy, a free Android app to mitigate motion sickness by playing a 100Hz sine wave tone; a 60-second session can provide two hours of relief (www.theverge.com)
2026-4-1 Android Samsung

Google's Android Automotive Is Moving From the Dashboard To the 'Brain' of the Car (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-3-25 Android Google

Google launches Android Automotive OS for Software-Defined Vehicles, expanding its “open infrastructure” from infotainment to non-safety internal systems (www.theverge.com)
2026-3-25 Android Google

Filing: OpenAI petitions the UK CMA to include AI chatbots with search function in Google's mandated default search engine choice screen for Chrome and Android (www.telegraph.co.uk)
2026-3-24 Android Google AI chatbot Chrome

Canal+, ITV, Sky, and other broadcasters urge the EU to designate smart TV operating systems such as Android TV and Amazon Fire OS as gatekeepers under the DMA (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-24 Android Amazon

Google adds ‘Advanced Flow' for safe APK sideloading on Android (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-22 Android Google

Google Details New 24-Hour Process To Sideload Unverified Android Apps (developers.slashdot.org)
2026-3-20 Android Google

Google announces a new “advanced flow” for Android sideloading that requires a mandatory 24-hour cooling-off period to install apps from unverified developers (www.theverge.com)
2026-3-20 Android Google

New ‘Perseus' Android malware checks user notes for secrets (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-19 Android

Counterpoint: Apple's China smartphone sales surged 23% YoY in the first nine weeks of 2026, while the overall market fell 4% amid rising Android phone prices (www.reuters.com)
2026-3-19 Android China Apple

Perplexity releases its Comet browser app for iOS and iPadOS with a built-in AI assistant, four months after launching on Android (www.thurrott.com)
2026-3-19 Android IOS AI Browser

Android, Epic, and What's Really Behind Google's 'Existential' Threat to F-Droid (news.slashdot.org)
2026-3-16 Android Google

Google launches Ask Maps, a Gemini-powered conversational feature for iOS and Android in the US and India that lets users ask “complex, real-world questions” (www.theverge.com)
2026-3-12 Android IOS India Google

New BeatBanker Android malware poses as Starlink app to hijack devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-11 Android

Epic and Google propose a settlement that would have Google share its Play Store app catalog with rivals and offer a registered app store program for Android (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-5 Android Google

A US lawsuit says Gemini sent a man to find an android body it could inhabit, before he died by suicide; Google says it sent him to crisis hotlines “many times” (www.wsj.com)
2026-3-5 Android Google

Google adds new Android features, including custom calling cards, real-time location sharing in Google Messages, and luggage tracking with partner airlines (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-3-4 Android Google

Android gets patches for Qualcomm zero-day exploited in attacks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-3-3 Android

Lenovo's Motorola partners with GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused, de-Googled version of Android, to preinstall GrapheneOS on upcoming Motorola smartphones (9to5google.com)
2026-3-2 Android Lenovo

Xiaomi launches the €15 Xiaomi tag, an AirTag-like device that works with both Apple Find My and Android Find Hub, and the €300 Xiaomi Watch 5, in Europe (techcrunch.com)
2026-3-1 Android Europe Apple Xiaomi

Android mental health apps with 14.7M installs filled with security flaws (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-24 Android

Google rejected 1.75M policy-violating Android apps and blocked 80K+ developer accounts from Google Play in 2025, down from 2.36M apps and 158K accounts in 2024 (techcrunch.com)
2026-2-20 Android Google

PromptSpy is the first known Android malware to use generative AI at runtime (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-20 Android AI

New 'Massiv' Android banking malware poses as an IPTV app (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-2-20 Android

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