At the 2026 Android Dev Summit, Google has announced some interesting features coming to both Android XR and Android CLI. Developers can now build and test apps for smart glasses without owning the ...

Version 1.2.0 writes native code with ABI version 2. It needs the app 2.1.0 Beta or newer, and app 2.1.0 needs a library from tool 1.2.0. Libraries built by tool 1.1.0 or older (ABI 1) are refused by ...

Android Studio now accepts any of 40-plus AI coding agents through Google's open Agent Client Protocol, ending Gemini-only lock-in. Developers can now use Claude, Codex, or any ACP-compatible agent.

The tools to build and ship a VR game in 2026: engines, SDKs, AI coding tools, test headsets, assets, stores, funding and developer communities, each with its cost and an official link.

An open-source GUI that downloads, configures and launches Google's stock Android Emulator (the one from Android Studio) - without installing Android Studio, Java or the command-line tools. For gaming ...

A GitHub project with a modest name, vphone-cli, has spent the past two weeks climbing tech-news feeds for an unusual reason: it boots a real, unmodified copy of iOS 27 as a virtual machine on an ...

Two of the handhelds that defined the modern PC gaming category launched within weeks of each other in late 2023: the Lenovo Legion Go on October 31, and the Steam Deck OLED on November 16. Three ...

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Termux helped me run an Xfce Linux desktop on a budget Android phone ...

This summer, the popular games studio Bungie ended development on the long-running, live-service game Destiny 2. As an avid player who had chewed through all the content that game had to offer, I ...

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