Android
Google agrees A$55 million fine for anti-competitive deals with Australian telcos
[SYDNEY] Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million (S$46 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country’s two largest telcos to pre-inst...
Google must open Android to rival app stores: US court
[SAN FRANCISCO] A US federal court ruled on Thursday that Google must open its Android operating system to rival app stores, after the internet giant lost an appeal in an antitrust case filed by Fortn...
Google hit with US$314 million US verdict in cellular data class action
A JURY in San Jose, California, said on Tuesday that Google misused customers’ cell phone data and must pay more than US$314.6 million to Android smartphone users in the state, according to an attorne...
Google unveils major Android redesign ahead of iPhone overhaul
The software will be available to download in its final form later this year, starting with the company’s own line of Pixel phones
Google lays off hundreds of employees in Android, Pixel Group: The Information
[BENGALURU] Alphabet’s Google on Thursday (Apr 10) laid off hundreds of employees in its platforms and devices unit, which works on the Android software, Pixel phones and the Chrome browser, The Infor...
Google loses fight on Android Auto access, bodes ill for Big Tech
ALPHABET unit Google’s refusal to let an Enel e-mobility app access its Android Auto platform can be considered an abuse of its market power, Europe’s top court said on Tuesday in a ruling that could...
Apple brings TV+ to Android phones in bid to boost subscribers
The move marks the rare occasion when Apple is offering services on Google’s Android, its biggest competitor in smartphone software
Huawei plans to drop Android entirely in gadgets from 2025
HUAWEI said that from next year its new smartphones and tablets will run on an operating system stripped of Google’s open-source Android technology.
Google granted request to pause order on Play store overhaul
A FEDERAL judge in California has granted Google’s request to temporarily pause his order directing the Alphabet unit to overhaul its Android app store Play by Nov 1 to give consumers more choice over...
Google launches RCS business messaging as a more secure alternative to SMS
However, not all telcos have been approached to enable the sending of such messages