Android 17 QPR1 Beta 6 hits Pixel phones with a major milestone for developers

If you're on the beta track, you're going to be happy to know that a new release has just dropped, with QPR1 Beta 6 arriving ...

Sideloading Android apps is great — until you have to update them. Here's my fix

Still manually updating sideloaded apps on your Android phone? Obtainium automates the update process, saving you time and ...

Android 17 added a feature so good I can't stop raving about it

App bubbles changed how I multitask ...
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The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure

LLVM powers the core development tools, operating systems, and most applications at Apple Computer, where it long ago ...

Finding Android apps on the Google Play Store just got a lot easier thanks to Gemini

Google has launched the Google Play connected app for Gemini, allowing users to discover apps, make select purchases, and buy ...

New Free Privacy Focused Android App Allows a Record Breaking 70 Billion Parameter AI Model to Run Entirely Offline on High-End Android Devices

The privacy-focused AI app LiberaGPT has officially launched on Android, bringing powerful, fully offline AI to ...

I let Claude audit my messy Home Assistant setup, and it was a massive wake-up call

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have.

Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity

Flipper Device's new Busy Bar will retail for $249.
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I used Meta Llama 4, Qwen 3-Coder and Gemma 4 to develop a Python app, and only one model is worth keeping for developers

Putting some of the best local models to the development test ...

Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today

Android 17 has been in testing since early this year, with the final beta hitting devices just a couple of weeks ago. Insofar as a mature operating system like Android still has big days, this is one ...