Everything you may have missed from the past week.

Google says sideloading isn't going away, but a new multi-step "advanced flow" will make installing unverified apps slower and more secure.

Google’s New Benchmark Will Rank the Best AI Models to Build Android Apps Android Bench will act as a leaderboard to rank the AI models that perform the best when developing an Android app. Written by ...

Abstract: Elysian is a modular architecture designed to generate emotionally expressive and contextually coherent dialogue for non-playable characters (NPCs) in interactive games. As the first ...

AI app building tools for freelancers allow rapid creation of client projects, internal tools, and SaaS products without traditional development workflows. A 2025 Upwork survey found that nearly nine ...

AI tools, love them or hate them, have been a big deal in coding and app development, and Google is now actively testing out what the best tools are for Android app development – here’s the full list.

For Android app developers relying on AI to code, picking the right model can be tricky. Not all models are built the same, and many are not specifically trained for Android development workflows. To ...

This story is part of our March 2026 issue. To read the print version, click here. This story is part of our March 2026 issue. To read the print version, click here. Growing up, Jessica Flor remembers ...

If I wanted Liquid Glass, I’d buy an iPhone. It doesn’t belong on Android. And yet, I’m seeing more and more of Apple’s design language — or half-baked versions of it — pop up in apps on my Google ...