Google is starting to roll out an auto-open toggle for when you download apps. When enabled, the app you’re downloading will open automatically. You will receive a notification with a five-second ...

Google might restore a useful Pixel Launcher shortcut that lets you type the name of an app and quickly open it without leaving the keyboard. At the moment, typing anything into the Pixel Launcher is ...

The Play Store will now allow users to “auto-open” new apps as they’re downloaded to their Android devices, as the functionality is rolling out widely this week. In what could be a handy option for ...

Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulators Starting next year, Google plans to require all apps ...

Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

Currently, when you search for an app on the Pixel Launcher, tapping the bottom-right keyboard button searches the app’s name on Google Search. Some users are seeing that keyboard button change to an ...

Developers will need official ID, registration fee and more to curb fraud and malware as rollout begins in Brazil, Indonesia, ...

Epic is also easing up on Google’s mandate that developers use Play Billing. Under the proposal, Google can require that devs ...