Mobile Development

Epic v. Google: Epic and Google have a secret deal involving Unreal Engine, Fortnite, and Android, with Epic spending $800M over six years on Google services (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-23 Android Google

Apple Reportedly Replacing Siri Interface With Actual Chatbot Experience For iOS 27 (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-1-22 IOS Apple chatbot

New Android malware uses AI to click on hidden browser ads (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-22 Android AI Browser

Sources: Apple plans to revamp Siri this fall in iOS 27 and macOS 27 by turning it into the company's first AI chatbot, replacing the current Siri interface (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-22 IOS AI Apple chatbot

Setapp Mobile To Close in February as Alternative iOS App Store Economics Prove Untenable (apple.slashdot.org)
2026-1-21 IOS Mobile

Setapp Mobile, one of the first alt iOS app stores launched in 2024 after the EU's DMA, plans to shut down, blaming “still-evolving and complex business terms” (www.macrumors.com)
2026-1-21 IOS Mobile

Asus Confirms It Won't Launch Phones in 2026, May Leave Android Altogether (mobile.slashdot.org)
2026-1-20 Android

Taiwanese media: Asus Chair Jonney Shih says the company won't release any new smartphones in 2026, signaling the brand's exit from the Android market (www.pcmag.com)
2026-1-20 Android Taiwan

Similarweb: Threads had 141.5M DAUs on iOS and Android as of January 7, driven by Instagram promotions, while X had 125M DAUs; X continues to lead on the web (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-19 Android IOS Instagram

Appfigures: Sora 2 had ~6M iOS downloads as of December 2025; the Android version, available since early November 2025, had ~3.1M, as growth begins to slow (sherwood.news)
2026-1-17 Android IOS

Replit launches Mobile Apps on Replit, which enables vibe-coding of iOS apps with integrated Stripe monetization (www.cnbc.com)
2026-1-16 IOS Mobile

Google plans to make Chrome for Android an agentic browser with Gemini (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-15 Android Google Browser Chrome

Google confirms Android bug causing volume key issues (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-14 Android Google

Elon Musk says Apple and Google's Gemini deal “seems like an unreasonable concentration of power for Google given that [they] also have Android and Chrome” (www.macrumors.com)
2026-1-13 Android Google Apple Chrome Elon Musk

Microsoft is retiring the Lens scanner app for iOS, Android (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-13 Android IOS Microsoft

iOS 26 Shows Unusually Slow Adoption Months After Release (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-10 IOS

Statcounter: four months after its release, iOS 26 is in use by only about 15% of iPhone users; in January 2025, about 63% of users were on iOS 18 (www.cultofmac.com)
2026-1-9 IOS iPhone

Most iPhone users are still running iOS 18, with iOS 26 adoption slow: report (9to5mac.com)
2026-1-9 IOS iPhone

Spotify launches Listening Activity on iOS and Android, letting users view friends' real-time listening via the sidebar alongside chats, as an opt-in feature (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-8 Android IOS Spotify

Google Will Now Only Release Android Source Code Twice a Year (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-7 Android Google

Google will now publish new source code to the Android Open Source Project twice a year, down from releasing source code for each quarterly Android release (www.androidauthority.com)
2026-1-7 Android Google Open Source

Kimwolf Android botnet abuses residential proxies to infect internal devices (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2026-1-7 Android

Comparing ChatGPT's mini-apps with native iOS apps: some like Uber, OpenTable, and TripAdvisor fell short with frequent error messages, but Instacart did well (www.wsj.com)
2026-1-3 IOS Uber

Apple To Allow Alternative App Stores For iOS Users In Brazil (apple.slashdot.org)
2025-12-25 IOS Apple Brazil

iOS 26.3 Brings AirPods-Like Pairing To Third-Party Devices In EU Under DMA (devices.slashdot.org)
2025-12-24 IOS

The European Commission says Apple will bring AirPods-like pairing and iPhone notification access to third-party devices under the DMA in iOS 26.3 in 2026 (www.macrumors.com)
2025-12-23 IOS Europe iPhone Apple

Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (www.engadget.com)
2025-12-21 Android Google

Apple Opens iOS To Alternative App Stores, Payment Systems in Japan (apple.slashdot.org)
2025-12-19 IOS Japan Apple

Tim Sweeney says Fortnite will not return to iOS in Japan in 2025, as Apple is “charging a competition-crushing 21% junk fee on third-party in-app payments” (x.com)
2025-12-18 IOS Japan Apple

Apple unveils iOS changes in Japan to comply with local law, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls (www.macrumors.com)
2025-12-18 IOS Japan Apple

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