5 Popular Android Features That Were Killed By Google

Google has earned a reputation for removing popular Android features, while often not adequately replacing them, and here's five that met the chopping block.

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 ...

If you code Android apps with AI, Google’s new benchmark makes it easier to pick the right model

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 ...

The best software upgrade I made to my Android phone wasn't from Google; it's a tiny utility

Material 3 Expressive is best when things move; dismissing apps, adjusting the volume slider, or opening the Quick Settings menu all give a strong sense of the expressive design that forms the ...

March Pixel Drop and Android updates bring long-awaited features to your phone

Google’s March 2026 Pixel Drop enhances Circle to Search and introduces smarter restaurant recommendations through Magic Cue and Gemini, alongside broader Android ecosystem updates like Find Hub ...
Android Authority

Check out Android's expected 2026 update and release cycle

It’s all very messy. Even someone like me, whose job is to follow Android, kept getting confused by all the overlapping update cycles and feature releases. So I dug in and tried to make sense of the ...
World Bank

Farmer Driven–Government Facilitated: A New Approach to Ethiopia’s Irrigation Development

Ethiopia’s Farmer-Led Irrigation Development (FLID) program marks a shift from top-down irrigation to farmer ownership. Backed by the World Bank through the Food Systems Resilience Program, FLID ...
PC Magazine

I Tried the New Android XR Smart Glasses From Google and XReal. I Didn't Expect to Be This Impressed

Google's Android XR platform and XReal's Project Aura are bringing smart glasses closer to mainstream reality, offering developers powerful tools to create practical, everyday wearable experiences ...
TechCrunch

WordPress’s vibe-coding experiment, Telex, has already been put to real-world use

WordPress’s experimental AI development tool, Telex, has already been put to real-world use, only months after its September debut. At the company’s annual “State of the Word” event on Tuesday in San ...
Sports Illustrated

The Perfect Example of Player Development is in the Brooklyn Nets Starting Lineup

The youngest team in the NBA is the Brooklyn Nets, with an average player age of 24.9 years old. A common problem with rebuilding teams with an abundance of youth is allocating developmental minutes.
BGR

8 Cool New Gadgets Every Android Phone Owner Should Know About

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With iPhone users spending nearly double that of Android customers on apps and accessories, it's a bit of a twist to find that Android ...