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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 ...
Ars Technica

Google plans to stop using insecure SMS verification in Gmail

A username and password just won't cut it anymore. Users around the world logging into Gmail have often relied on Google SMS pings to securely access their accounts, but that's changing. Google now ...
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 ...