Rubin’s ambitions go beyond building gadgets or companies. He wants Playground to be the factory that creates the building blocks for an AI-infused future.
THE RISE OF ANDROID: How a flailing startup became the world's biggest computing platform
Android is now one of the biggest computing platforms in the world. But it wasn't easy to get the industry to buy into Andy Rubin's radical vision.
Play for On-device AI (beta) | Other Play guides | Android Developers
Play for On-device AI enables developers to efficiently distribute custom machine learning models via Android App Bundles and Google Play, offering various delivery modes and device targeting capabilities to optimize deployment on Android devices.
Building an Android app in AI Studio
Google is sunsetting its AI coding agent, Jules.
The company launched Jules in December 2024, positioning it as a tool that can complete coding jobs “you don’t want to do.” But now, Jules is shutting down, and Google says it will bring its learnings from the tool into its AI coding platform, Antigravity: > We’re working on bringing our learnings from Jules into @antigravity so you get the best of both worlds: autonomous remote background task execution and an agent-first development environment. As we focus on this unified experience, Jules will be winding down.
Manifestos, Fear, and ‘Loser Thinking’: Inside Proton’s AI Reckoning
Proton CEO Andy Yen projects a calm persona and rails against Big Tech and critiques AI. Internally, he is pushing engineers to build Proton with AI, even when they have security concerns.
yashab-cyber/opendroid
Your Open Autonomous Android Agent — A production-ready, self-planning AI assistant powered by local/remote LLMs and accessibility-driven screen automation.
Alex Komoroske (Common Tools)
How OPPO and Google Are Redefining Mobile AI with Seamless Integration and Enhanced Security | OPPO Global
In just a few short years, AI has evolved from a novel buzzword to a game-changing, essential tool that shapes how we work, connect, and live every day.
Carl Pei Thinks the Phone of the Future Will Only Have One App
Nothing’s CEO speaks to WIRED about how he sees the smartphone market playing out in an era of AI, and where he thinks the competition is going wrong.
After automation: Software will work for you, not on you
Alex Komoroske, CEO and cofounder, Common Tools — AI promises “infinite software”—endless tools tailored to every need—but funneled through today's app stores, that abundance just means more silos, more trapped data, and more to orchestr...
Good design hasn’t changed with AI — John Pham, SF Compute
Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary
From the archives: Android is open—except for all the good parts.
Google's Project Ara: Reinventing the smartphone with building blocks
Atari co-founder: mobile games make me want to throw my phone
Video games pioneer Nolan Bushnell is planning to revive the ‘hardcore fundamental game design’ of arcades to make mobile titles worth playing
Scott Jenson – Exploring the world beyond mobile
Fast AI requires slow thinking The current Silicon Valley flex is trading notes on your favorite new AI tools over lunch. Each week brings another one to explore. Some of these tools are very impressive; I’ve been able to reply to someone with an alternative UI design in less than a minute, and they were […]