Google has confirmed that Android 16's Live Updates feature is headed to Wear OS smartwatches in 2026, matching what Apple offers on watchOS.

Android is getting a design refresh, launching a mixed reality platform for smart glasses, and Gemini is expanding to cars and watches. Can it entice the overwhelmingly dominant iPhone-owning youth?

“Although the feature is experimental, the goal is to increase the speed that you can ship high-quality code, while significantly reducing the amount of time you spend manually testing, validating, or reproducing issues,” wrote Android Studio Product Manager Mayank Jain in a blog post. Other new features for Android Studio enabled by Gemini are:

Google has confirmed that Android 16's Live Updates are headed to phones from Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, and more later this year.

Google confirmed that Android 16 gives devices the ability to display a desktop-style experience when they're connected to an external monitor.

Google has announced it’s rolling out the colorful new Android 16 interface for beta testers as reported by 9to5Google. The QPR1 beta includes the company’s Material 3 Expressive design language revealed officially last week and includes new visuals for the launcher, notifications, lock screen, and a very Apple-inspired quick settings page.

The Swedish carmaker said on Wednesday that it is now the lead development partner for Android automotive software.

ANDROID owners should be wary of a big change coming to the Google Play Store that means some apps could cost thousands to install. Google has just raised its pricing limit from £1,000 to £4,999,