Mishaal Rahman

Google is preparing to crack down on apps that claim to speed up your Android phone

Not everyone can or even wants to spend money on buying the latest flagship smartphone, but fortunately, there are a lot of low-end and mid-range phones on the market to pick from. These phones trade flagship-tier components for a lower price, and…

Android 14 may soon support auto-confirming correct PINs so you don’t have to hit enter

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. The second Developer Preview of Android 14 was just released earlier today, and as always, there are lots…

Android 14 could let you create an emoji wallpaper on your Pixel

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Google rolled out the second Developer Preview of Android 14 earlier today, bringing with it the selected…

Android 14 may integrate Google Play’s data safety section to show you why apps need location access

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. You’ve always been able to view what permissions an app requests before installing it through Google Play…

Android 14 adds new features to make third-party app stores work even better

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Google Play is by far the most popular app store among Android users, but some might argue that it didn’t…

Android 14’s regional preferences feature could tell apps to use your preferred calendar and number system

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Android 14 may be introducing a new feature that could let you tell apps ahead of time what your regional…

Android 14 may bring better support for keyboards with touchpad gestures and modifier key remapping

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Google has been trying to make Android work better on large screen devices, and thanks to these efforts,…

Android 14 may add an advanced memory protection feature to protect your device from memory safety bugs

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Memory safety has been a major priority for Google lately, as memory safety bugs tend to be some of the…

Android 14 could make it easier to find and delete carrier-installed bloatware

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. A lot of people hate bloatware, even though there isn’t a lot of agreement about what exactly counts as…

Android 14 makes root certificates updatable via Google Play to protect users from malicious CAs

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Android has a slight problem that only rears its ugly head once every blue moon, but when it does, it…

Android 14 has built-in support for Google and Samsung’s Health Connect platform

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. If you’re serious about losing weight, getting fit, or watching what you eat, then your smartphone can be…

Android 14 could let you clone apps so you can use two accounts at the same time

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. There are plenty of reasons why one might have multiple accounts for an online service, but if that…

Android 14 will let you restrict what photos apps can access even if they don’t use the Photo Picker

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. One of the highlight features of Android 13 is the Photo Picker, a new system component that lets users…

Android 14’s predictive back gesture lets you preview where you’re going when you swipe back

Readers like you help support XDA Developers. When you make a purchase using links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Read More. Android 14 is upgrading the back gesture in a big way. Here’s how the new predictive back gesture works…

Android’s share menu could finally be more consistent in Android 14

With over 14 years of iteration under its belt, Google has had a lot of time to make Android a polished mobile operating system. Google continues to address pain points in the Android experience with each new release, but one aspect that many users…

Android is adding support for updatable root certificates amidst TrustCor scare

The world’s biggest tech companies have lost confidence in one of the Internet’s behind-the-scenes gatekeepers. Microsoft, Mozilla, and Google are dropping TrustCor Systems as a root certificate authority in their products. Starting in Chrome version…

What is a passkey and why should you care?

The FIDO Alliance isn’t a fan club for dogs, but a consortium of big tech companies that’s trying to make authentication more secure. The Alliance has a lofty goal: To kill the password and replace it with something better. Enter the passkey. You’ve…

Health Connect: Coming soon to an Android 14 device near you?

Google’s Health Connect app might come preinstalled in Android 14 If you’re looking to track your workouts, count your calories, monitor your sleep, or capture your vitals, there’s no shortage of apps on Android that can help you do those things and…

The hidden features revealed by Android 13 QPR1’s source code

Earlier this week, Google released another Feature Drop for its Pixel phones. The Feature Drop brought a smorgasbord of new features primarily to the latest phones in Google’s Pixel lineup, but older Pixels also got a taste of something new. Though…

Building a proper Google Play System Update changelog

How to find out what’s actually new in Google Play System Updates Thanks to Project Mainline, Google is able to deliver updates to core Android system components through the Play Store. These updates — which are publicly referred to as Google Play…