Amazon announced this week that it's shutting down its Android app store. The Amazon Appstore has been available on Android devices since 2011, providing a relatively easy-to-access alternative to ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Monday ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as a punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that ...

In what could be a bug or behavior change, the Google Play Store is not showing available updates for system-level apps. Update 4/1/25: Here’s a list of common Google apps that don’t appear ...

Cybersecurity researchers from Bitdefender, who also credited IAS Threat Lab, said they discovered at least 331 apps that were available via the Google Play Store which, cumulatively, amassed more ...

Unfortunately, it does not provide access to the Google Play Store. Instead, Microsoft partnered with Amazon to give Windows 11 users Android apps through the Amazon App Store. If you do not want ...

Unlike iOS, Android allows users to download APK files from external sources. This has advantages and drawbacks, so this article explores the implications.