Android Circuit: Pixel 10a Design Revealed, Retroid’s Pocket 6 Surprise, Oppo’s Powerful Upgrade

Pixel 10a details, Samsung’s S-Pen plans, OnePlus 15’s new approach, Oppo’s powerful battery, Murena’s Fairphone 6 comes to ...
TidBITS

Canva’s Affinity Combines Photo, Designer, and Publisher into One Free App

The new Affinity app from Canva replaces Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer, and Affinity Publisher, which already shared most of their core code. It’s free to use, requires a Canva account, and ...

Canva Relaunches Affinity as Free All-in-One Design App

After acquiring Serif last year, Canva has overhauled its Affinity design suite, consolidating three creative tools into a ...
MUO on MSN

The open-source drawing app I love just hit Android—here's how it holds up

Also, Krita has a larger community (mostly because it's free and open source) that contributes to its development and ...

Affinity resurfaces as an all-in-one illustration, photo editing and layout app

Affinity wasn't the only Adobe competitor to be acquired in 2024. Pixelmator, a developer of popular photo and image editing ...

Google rolls out Android AI-powered features and updates for developers

Android Studio, the official dedicated development environment for Android apps, received updates to its AI agent ...
CNET

Now You Can Use These iPhone and Android Apps With T-Mobile's Satellite Service

T-Satellite, the Starlink-based satellite service, can now do more than just send text messages. Here are the apps that work when you're out of cellular range. Jeff Carlson Senior Writer Jeff Carlson ...
The Daytona Beach News-Journal

Got mail? US Postal Service launches app to show what’s in your mailbox today

The US Postal Service offers a free mobile app for Apple iPhone and Android for its Informed Delivery service. Informed Delivery allows users to see digital previews of their incoming mail and track ...
Ars Technica

Google confirms Android dev verification will have free and paid tiers, no public list of devs

As we careen toward a future in which Google has final say over what apps you can run, the company has sought to assuage the community’s fears with a blog post and a casual “backstage” video. Google ...
The New York Times

We Finally Have Free Anti-Robocall Tools That Work

A new feature for iPhones screens calls, similar to a technology available for Android users. Here’s how to activate it. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer ...
Android Authority

Google insists sideloading on Android will survive, but doubts remain for independent app stores

Google has published a new blog post insisting that sideloading on Android isn’t going anywhere. The company reiterated that its new developer verification requirements are meant to improve safety, ...
TechSpot

F-Droid warns crackdown on Android app sideloading could kill open app stores

The takeaway: App sideloading has been a contentious issue since the dawn of mobile computing. Google is now taking a hardline approach, citing alleged security concerns, but a major app platform is ...