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Android 13 might bring Fast Pair support to devices from more OEMs

Android 13 might bring Fast Pair support to devices from more OEMs

February 15, 2022
At its annual I/O developer conference last year, Google announced plans to extend Fast Pair support to more devices. The company shed some light on this matter at CES last month and confirmed that it would soon extend Fast Pair support to Chromebooks, Android TVs, and Matter-enabled devices. But that doesn't seem to be the...
Android’s Bluetooth and Ultra-wideband stacks become mainline modules in Android 13

Android’s Bluetooth and Ultra-wideband stacks become mainline modules in Android 13

February 11, 2022
Google just dropped the first Android 13 developer preview, and it gives us a glimpse of some of the changes coming in the next major Android upgrade. As we highlighted in our announcement post, Android 13 DP1 reveals that Google will roll out updated privacy controls, a new Photo picker API, a Quick settings placement...
Google Play System Update now shows percent progress on the boot animation

Google Play System Update now shows percent progress on the boot animation

June 30, 2021
With the release of Android 10 back in 2019, Google debuted Project Mainline, an initiative that lets Google directly deliver updates to key Android components. The goal was to bolster security, protect privacy, and improve developer consistency by standardizing certain system components and delivering updates to them on a consistent schedule. The mechanisms of Project...
Google will make the Android Runtime (ART) a Mainline module in Android 12

Google will make the Android Runtime (ART) a Mainline module in Android 12

November 25, 2020
Project Mainline is one of the biggest changes to Android in recent years. While you as a consumer may not notice this change, it fundamentally alters how Android operates as an open-source operating system, with more power now resting in the hands of Google than ever before. Whether this increase in control is good or...
Everything you need to know about Android’s Project Mainline

Everything you need to know about Android’s Project Mainline

October 10, 2020
One of the biggest changes in Android in recent years that flew under the radar, relatively speaking against its importance, was the introduction of Project Mainline in Android 10. Google mandates the inclusion of specific Mainline modules across Android releases, with Android 11 coming in with a combined compulsory total of 25 Mainline modules. Here...