Google is making it easier to build and use personal Android apps created with AI, without having to make them available to everyone on the Play Store.

Google Play's October 2026 update adds Ask Play video answers, 30-second Playbacks, Play Shorts sharing, Android XR pairing, and silent earbud connections.

Google is clearly on a mission to make Android ever more like iPhone when it comes to privacy and security. But one battlefield where Android continues to trail iPhone by some distance is app safety ...

UPDATE (February 19, 2026): The Google Play Store has seen several changes since we last updated this article. You can read more about them at the very end of the article. Summary: In this article, ...

The Google Play Store is one of those apps we take for granted, mainly because it simply works as a mediator between Android smartphone users and their precious apps. Hell freezes and the sky falls ...