Android verification is coming: Google confirms timeline and supported app stores

In the new blog post, Google’s Matthew Forsythe confirms that the developer verification system is slated to come online on September 30 of this year. The initial deployment will be limited to ...
Ars Technica

With developer verification, Google’s Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android’s open legacy

It’s been nearly 20 years since Google revealed Android, which the company described as the first “truly open” mobile operating system, setting Google-powered phones apart from the iPhone’s ...
Forbes

The Apple App Store Is Flooded With AI Slop And Legitimate Developers Are Paying For It

NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 29: A man checks his phone in an Apple retail store in Grand Central Terminal, January 29, 2019 in New York City. Apple is set to report first-quarter earnings results after U.S ...
Android Authority

Apple copies another classic Android feature with iOS 27: Extra large widgets

iOS 27 introduces massive 4×6 widgets that can occupy an entire home screen pane, a concept Android pioneered in 2009 and expanded with resizable layouts in 2012. Currently in developer preview, the ...
The Next Web

Apple’s WWDC 2026 App Store changes let independent developers bundle subscriptions together

Apple announced cross-developer bundles, group subscriptions, volume purchasing, and AI-driven discovery tools for the App Store at WWDC 2026. Apple announced a sweeping set of changes to the App ...