Google's Android boss talks Android 17, sideloading drama, and why he hates phone cases

We sat down with Google's Sameer Samat to talk about Android's next transitional moment, sideloading, and his favorite devices right now.

Stop Guessing: Google Now Ranks the Best AI for Android Coding

Google introduces Android Bench to rank AI models on real-world coding tasks, with Gemini 3.1 Pro currently leading for app ...
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I’m running Android apps on my Linux desktop and it’s surprisingly smooth

Not that I'm there very much, but now I can run Instagram, fully functional, on my desktop.

I tried Pixel Desktop Mode — these 8 tips made me an Android PC power user

These quick tips help you master your Google Pixel's new Desktop Mode with the best shortcuts, setup tricks, and workflow improvements.
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FOADA: Toward Robust Open-World Mobile App Fingerprinting

Abstract: Smartphone users are susceptible to a privacy leakage attack called App Fingerprinting (AF), where traffic analysis is used to infer the apps in use. Despite packet encryption, AF attacks ...