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#android-files-app

Your Phone Has 12 Calendar Apps. None of Them Look Like This - Yanko Design

The 1970s were a sweet spot in product design, especially in France, where makers were beginning to marry natural materials like wood with the new optimism of plastic.

Design

#ipad

Productivity

Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier | TechCrunch

Graphic design

These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time | TechCrunch

Productivity

Best iPad apps to boost productivity and make your life easier | TechCrunch

iPads have evolved into versatile productivity tools with numerous apps available to enhance organization and focus.

Graphic design

These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time | TechCrunch

iPad apps can significantly enhance creativity, offering tools for digital art and video editing.

You can now search through reviews on the Google Play Store

Google Play Store introduces a search bar in the reviews section for easier keyword searches within app reviews.

Mobile UX

You can now search through app reviews on the Google Play Store

You can now search through reviews on the Google Play Store

Google Play Store introduces a search bar in the reviews section for easier keyword searches within app reviews.

Mobile UX

You can now search through app reviews on the Google Play Store

more#google-play-store

Media industry

fromAndroid Police

A fast-growing trend is having a big impact on Android entertainment apps

Short Drama apps are transforming the entertainment app market, with increased ad revenue and a shift towards ad-supported models.

Photography

fromTechRepublic

Google Photos Adds One-Tap 'AI Enhance' Tool, Video Speed Controls

Google introduces an 'AI Enhance' button in Photos for easy image improvement and adds video playback speed controls for Android users.

#kotlin

Java

Kotlin 2.3.20 harmonizes with C, JavaScript/Typescript

Software development

JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

Java

Kotlin 2.3.20 harmonizes with C, JavaScript/Typescript

Software development

JetBrains introduces Java to Kotlin converter for Visual Studio Code

more#kotlin

fromDeveloper Tech News

Google releases Agent Development Kit for Java

Google's Agent Development Kit for Java streamlines AI integration into existing architectures, enhancing multi-language support and reducing integration friction.

Web design

A Slack Android upgrade worth finding

Slack's Android widget lacks vertical resizing and doesn't sync with custom statuses, indicating poor user experience and oversight by the development team.

Web design

fromMedium

Top 5 Google Stitch Features

Stitch is an AI tool that generates user interfaces for mobile and web apps, emphasizing quick and intuitive design processes.

Angular

Mobile Server-Driven UI at Scale

Nubank's mobile platform team manages infrastructure for a digital banking app serving 115 million customers across 40 million daily users, supporting 3,000 engineers developing features in Flutter, iOS, and Android.

Java

9 reasons Java is still great

Java maintains prominence through balancing stability with innovation, community-driven governance via the Java Community Process, and continuous evolution incorporating functional programming, concurrency, and cloud computing advances.

#android-17

Mobile UX

Android 17 Beta 3 is now available for developers

3 months ago

Gadgets

Google confirms Android 17 features that should make every fan excited - but I'd love to see these, too

Gadgets

Android 17 is shaping up to be a big win for Pixel users - but I still want these features

Mobile UX

Android 17 Beta 3 is now available for developers

3 months ago

Gadgets

Google confirms Android 17 features that should make every fan excited - but I'd love to see these, too

Gadgets

Android 17 is shaping up to be a big win for Pixel users - but I still want these features

Privacy technologies

Android will hide app sideloading behind a new one-time security process

Privacy technologies

Google introduces a new way for users to sideload Android apps that still protects against scams | TechCrunch

Android will hide app sideloading behind a new one-time security process

Google implements a multi-step verification process for sideloading unverified apps on Android, while offering free limited distribution accounts for hobbyist developers to share apps with up to 20 devices.

Google introduces a new way for users to sideload Android apps that still protects against scams | TechCrunch

Google introduces an 'advanced flow' setting allowing Android users to disable app verification requirements and sideload unverified apps while maintaining some anti-scam protections.

more#android-sideloading

How I turned my Pixel phone into a genuinely productive desktop computer - for free

Pixel 8 and newer phones now support Desktop Mode, enabling users to connect their phones to external monitors, mice, and keyboards for a full desktop computing experience.

Java

Java future calls for boosts with records, primitives, classes

Java is advancing record creation, primitive boxing, and pattern matching through multiple JEPs to improve code conciseness and type handling capabilities.

Photography

Your new on-demand Android memo machine

Shots Studio is a free, open-source Android app that captures and organizes screenshots with optional AI processing and memo-making capabilities.

Roam Research

How Grab Optimizes Image Caching on Android with Time-Aware LRU

Grab engineers implemented a Time-Aware Least Recently Used cache to replace standard LRU caching, improving storage reclamation while maintaining user experience and server efficiency.

WhatsApp gets multiple account support on iOS, cross-platform transfer from iOS to Android

WhatsApp introduces new features including dual account support on iPhone, cross-platform chat transfer, and AI tools for enhanced messaging.

Google creates installation path for unverified Android apps

Google will allow Android users to install apps from unverified developers through a friction-filled one-time process designed to prevent coercion-based malware installation.

Productivity

fromWIRED

Declutter the Screenshots on Your Phone With My Favorite Apps

Two apps, Rodeo and another solution, help organize excessive screenshots by providing native saving and sorting features that reduce digital clutter with minimal effort.

#ai-agents

Software development

JetBrains Air: agentic IDE built on abandoned Fleet

JetBrains previewed Air, an agentic AI development tool enabling concurrent multi-agent task delegation with support for multiple AI models and vendor-neutral agent-editor communication.

fromTechzine Global

Software development

JetBrains Air: agentic development environment in preview

JetBrains Air is an agentic development environment enabling developers to control multiple AI agents simultaneously, now available in Public Preview with support for multiple agent types.

JetBrains Air: agentic IDE built on abandoned Fleet

JetBrains previewed Air, an agentic AI development tool enabling concurrent multi-agent task delegation with support for multiple AI models and vendor-neutral agent-editor communication.

fromTechzine Global

JetBrains Air: agentic development environment in preview

JetBrains Air is an agentic development environment enabling developers to control multiple AI agents simultaneously, now available in Public Preview with support for multiple agent types.

Android tablets and foldables are getting a Chrome bookmark bar

Google Chrome for Android now supports a bookmark bar on foldables and tablets, accessible via Settings > Appearance > Show bookmarks bar, displaying favicons and site names below the Omnibox.

I tried Android's notification summaries on my Pixel, and they're surprisingly useful

Newer Pixel phones use on-device AI to summarize long messages from messaging apps and display summaries on the lock screen for quick overview.

Artificial intelligence

AI Mode in Google search can now pull context from your other apps

Google integrates Personal Intelligence into Search's AI Mode to personalize results using Gmail and Google Photos data for tailored recommendations.

Artificial intelligence

Gemini can now automate some multi-step tasks on Android | TechCrunch

Google launched Gemini AI automations on Android to handle multi-step tasks like food delivery and rideshare orders, initially limited to select apps, devices, and U.S./Korea regions.

The best Android keyboard apps for on-the-go productivity

Modern Android keyboard apps offer advanced features and polished experiences that significantly enhance productivity and typing efficiency beyond basic text input.

Android Studio Panda 2 ships with 'create with AI' feature

Android Studio Panda 2 introduces an AI agent powered by Gemini that can generate complete working applications from single prompts, with a free tier available for most developers.

#aicore

Gadgets

Disabling this Pixel app could free up to 10GB of storage space - how it works

Gadgets

Disabling this Google Pixel core freed up to 10GB of storage space for me - here's how

Gadgets

Disabling this Pixel app could free up to 10GB of storage space - how it works

Gadgets

Disabling this Google Pixel core freed up to 10GB of storage space for me - here's how

How to get an early taste of Android's next-gen multitasking magic

Android 17 will introduce Bubbles, a desktop-style floating-window multitasking feature that users can partially access now through existing methods.

3 Android theft protection additions you should absolutely activate

Android devices have built-in security layers and permission systems that prevent unauthorized app access to sensitive data without explicit user approval.

22 handy hidden tricks for Google Calendar on Android

All you've gotta do is tap on any open space in that part of the Android Calendar app, and you'll see an event creation box right then and there: Also worth noting: The same tricks we went over a second ago for sliding around or extending your event's time will work in this context, too, once you've brought that box into focus.

Gadgets

Chrome on Android just got two huge upgrades that can fix your messy tabs - what's new

Chrome for Android version 144 introduces pinned tabs and tab groups features to improve mobile tab organization and management.

3 months ago

Android Studio Otter Boosts Agent Workflows and Adds LLM Flexibility

Android Studio Otter adds configurable LLM selection, enhanced agent-driven device interaction, and natural-language "journeys" for resilient automated testing.

fromWIRED

The Simplest Android App for Scanning Documents

FairScan is a free, open-source Android scanning app that privately converts photos of multipage documents into PDFs without ads, cloud storage, or hidden data practices.

The best Android feature you (probably) aren't using

Android Reading Mode is a system-wide, installable feature that improves phone reading by offering enhanced, integrated reading tools beyond Chrome's reader.

Google begins calling out battery-killing Android apps

Google is implementing warning labels on the Play Store for apps that drain battery through excessive background activity, with gradual rollout beginning March 1.

4 self-contained databases for your apps

XAMPP provides a complete local web stack (MariaDB, Apache, PHP, Mercury SMTP, OpenSSL) while PostgreSQL can be run standalone or embedded via pgserver in Python.

#private-dns

fromMUO

Privacy technologies

This hidden Android setting blocks ads across every single app without a VPN

fromAndroid Authority

Privacy technologies

Survey reveals the most popular way to block ads on Android

fromMUO

Privacy technologies

This hidden Android setting blocks ads across every single app without a VPN

fromAndroid Authority

Privacy technologies

Survey reveals the most popular way to block ads on Android

These Are the Best Alternatives to Google's Android Operating System

Most Android alternatives strip Google services (often using microG and sandboxing) to improve privacy, while true non-Android options remain limited and less practical for daily use.

fromTechRepublic

Android Adds 'Accountability Layer' to Third-Party Apps

Android will implement a developer verification and high-friction "Accountability Layer" that reduces easy sideloading while allowing experienced users an opt-out installation flow.

Borrowing from Kotlin/Android to Architect Scalable iOS Apps in SwiftUI

Good architecture is platform agnostic; Android architectural principles for maintainability apply equally to iOS development.

3 future Android features you can give yourself today

Thanks to the way Google's for years now been deconstructing Android and pulling OS-level pieces out of the operating system itself - so they exist as regular ol' apps and can consequently be updated quickly, frequently, and in a way that reaches everyone instantly, regardless of what phone or carrier they're using - even Android phones from eight years ago get updates numerous times a year that are all virtually equivalent to an entire iOS operating system rollout.

Gadgets

fromBusiness Matters

Why Users Prefer Apps Over Browsers for Daily Digital Tasks

Mobile apps have become the primary interface for daily digital tasks, prioritizing convenience, continuity, and efficiency over the openness of the traditional web.

5 preinstalled Samsung apps you should remove ASAP - they're basically bloatware

Samsung Galaxy phones include useful built-in apps but also multiple preinstalled first-party apps that many users rarely use and can be disabled or uninstalled.

fromThe Verge

Windows 11's ability to resume Android apps on your PC is getting closer

The improved cross-device resume support, which has been in testing since August, is part of the latest Release Preview update to Windows 11 that started rolling out yesterday. It includes the ability to resume Spotify playback on a PC from a phone, as well as any work in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You'll also be able to continue an Edge browsing session from a phone on your PC.

Gadgets

fromThe Verge

The biggest app in the whole wide world

Focus Friend, an indie screen‑time app by Bria Sullivan with Hank Green's promotion, climbed to #1 on app charts after creator exposure and media coverage.

fromForbes

Forget The Content Treadmill And Develop An App Instead

Design moments of on-demand, curiosity-driven engagement so audiences seek out content willingly rather than competing in saturated feeds.

fromAndroid Authority

Nova Launcher gets a new owner and... ads

Instabridge acquired Nova Launcher and will explore monetization, including possible ads, while pledging not to radically change the launcher.

fromMashable

Turn your iPhone into your most useful office tool

iScanner turns smartphones and tablets into AI-powered portable scanners with editing, PDF tools, file export options, organization, and a discounted lifetime subscription offer.