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Google Releases Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 With Icon Shape Changes for Pixel Users

Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 also introduces changes for developers. Google has added a developer verification API that helps app ...
Android Police

Release notes for Play Services v11 have been posted with a new API for smooth SMS verification and several significant additions and deprecations

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper ...
Android Authority

Google shares details on its plan to ditch SMS codes, and here's how it'll work

Google will soon phase out SMS-based two-factor authentication in favor of QR codes. The company will use various techniques, including attempting to verify the user’s number directly with their ...
Ars Technica

Google Play starts manually whitelisting SMS and phone apps

Google is implementing major new Play Store rules for how Android's "SMS" and "Call Log" permissions are used. New Play Store rules will only allow certain types of apps to request phone call logs and ...
TechCrunch

Google Quietly Kills SMS Search, Closing One Way Of Connecting With Mobile Users Who Don’t Have Data Plans

Google is well known for its regular bouts of spring cleaning when it kills off a number of products in one fell swoop, but it also sometimes makes quick changes in between the bigger announcements.