Articles about Android apps

When you install an app, the chances are that you’re going to want to fire up straight away. To help with this, Google is in the process of rolling out a handy auto-open feature to Android users.

If this sounds familiar, that is because it is something Google was spotted working on back in the second half of last year. You would have been forgiven for thinking that the company had forgotten about it, but the auto-open toggle is back.

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In a remarkable display of growth and developer engagement, Firefox for Android has achieved a major milestone—over 1,000 extensions are now available on its platform! This achievement comes less than five months after Mozilla launched its new open ecosystem for extensions in December, which initially featured just over 400 options.

The rapid expansion in the number of extensions underscores the enthusiasm and innovative spirit of the developer community. This surge not only reflects the developers' readiness to explore new territories in mobile browser customization but also highlights the robust capabilities of Firefox on Android devices.

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However much storage you have on your phone, the sheer size of apps and games now available, coupled with the number of photos the average person takes, means that it is surprising just how quickly you can start to run out of space.

Traditionally, the solution to this problem has been to trawl through the photo gallery, deleting any snaps that are not really needed, as well as deciding which apps you can live without. But now Google has come up with another option that developers can implement: app compression or archiving.

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Although Windows 11 isn’t a bad operating system, it does lack polish and it’s missing general functionality we expect to see. People are still waiting for features that were touted when the OS was first announced -- native support for Android apps, for example.

Today, Microsoft is starting to make new experiences for Windows 11 available via a new update, and this includes an Amazon Appstore preview, Taskbar improvements and redesigned versions of Media Player and Notepad.

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