Android
Behind The New Samsung Fold: How The Quest To Maximise Screen Size Is Driving Major Innovation
To enlarge a phone, or not to enlarge a phone? That is the question. In the world of flagship smartphones, there seems to be one clear trend: bigger is better. Manufacturers are trying to strip away anything that might stand in the way of the largest possible slab of screen. There is also growing demand …
Improve Your Game With Texture Compression Format Targeting
Google Play Asset Delivery allows you to publish an Android App Bundle to Google Play containing all the resources your game needs. It offers multiple delivery modes, auto-updates, compression, and delta patching, all hosted at no cost to you. As of today, you can use Google Play Asset Delivery to include textures in multiple texture …
Adapt Your App For The Latest Privacy Best Practices
Android 11 final release is here! This release builds upon the privacy improvements in previous releases, and provides even better control and transparency for users as well as guardrails to help apps handle data responsibly. Many of these improvements reinforce modern best practices applicable to recent Android releases (they aren’t specific to Android 11!). In this …
Jetpack Compose: The Alpha Release!
This UI topic deserves its own callout because Jetpack Compose IS THE FUTURE UI TOOLKIT FOR ANDROID. It’s pretty huge, folks. And it’s been out there to play around with for a while. But if you’re one of those developers that likes to hang back until things settle down a bit, then this might be a …
11 Weeks Of Android: App Distribution And Monetization On Google Play
This blog post is part of a weekly series for #11WeeksOfAndroid. Each week we’re diving into a key area of Android so you don’t miss anything. This week, we spotlighted app distribution and monetization on Google Play; here’s a look at what you should know. Thanks for joining us for this week of 11 Weeks of Android, …
Qualcomm Announces World’s Fastest Commercial Charging Solution, Quick Charge 5, World’s First Commercial 100W+ Charging Platform
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 5, the fastest commercial charging technology for Android devices, which delivers unprecedented mobile phone charging speed and efficiency improvements compared to previous versions while enabling new battery technology, accessories, and safety features. The world’s first commercially viable fast charging platform to support more than 100W charging power in …
Where TikTok Has Been Downloaded The Most
Here are the countries where the social media app TikTok has been downloaded the most. These countries recorded the highest number of TikTok downloads as of June 30, according to Priori Data, a Berlin-based analytics firm. Highlights At the top of the list is India, with 99.8 million downloads. According to analysts, this translates to …
What’s New In Android Gaming
In March of this year, at the Google for Games Developer Summit, we shared several new tools and services Google has been working on to help game developers. They make it easier to see how your Android games are performing, expand your reach to more devices and new audiences, and support your go-to-market with Google …
Apple And Google Partner On COVID-19 Contact Tracing Technology
Across the world, governments and health authorities are working together to find solutions to the COVID-19 pandemic, to protect people and get society back up and running. Software developers are contributing by crafting technical tools to help combat the virus and save lives. In this spirit of collaboration, Google and Apple are announcing a joint …
Be My Eyes Chooses Twilio To Bring Sight To People With Visual Impairments
Twilio, the leading cloud communications platform, today announced that it has been selected by Be My Eyes to power its mobile app connecting sighted volunteers with blind and low vision users over video chat. Across the globe, an estimated 253 million people have a visual impairment that affects their daily activities and can make them …