There are 3 billion active Android devices in circulation now, and that means developers are eager to support Android. The vast majority of those devices are phones, so for app developers not ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google wants to make apps scalable across form factors. Android XR headsets will run the majority of Android apps by default.

Android’s open nature leads to some disparity with how apps and features can work across devices from different smartphone makers. Over the last couple of years, background app performance has been a ...