The latest Android 16 beta has added an API that lets apps check if the user has enrolled in Advanced Protection. Advanced Protection is an enhanced security mode that beefs up account security, ...

Android apps are about to get better built-in passkey support. Google announced in a developer blog post last week that Credential Manager, a new Android-specific API for storing credentials like ...

Google’s Gemini integration in Android apps exposes sensitive API keys in popular apps, potentially risking user data and ...

Android 14 introduced a new screenshot detection API that would let app developers easily detect when a user has taken a screenshot without building hacky workarounds. Apps have begun using the API, ...

An updated API available to Android app developers can force users to download the app from Google Play, blocking the app from working if it is sideloaded. First announced at Google I/O 2024, the ...

Threat actors can extract Google API keys embedded in Android applications to gain access to Gemini AI endpoints and ...

Through various APIs (application mobile interface), Google provides many possibilities that allow developers to offer different services without implementing intensive or complex coding. These tools ...

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. There's more than one way to interact with your favorite app. Websites came first, but mobile apps exploded as smartphones ...