You can plug in your phone, download an emulator, or install the Google Play Store to access Android apps on your computer. Some tinkering may be required.

Now that Android is fairly mature, it feels like with each passing year, groundbreaking app launches are fewer and further apart than ever. After 17 years, it's likely you've long ago settled on the ...

It’s a frustrating but common experience: one moment you’re editing a document or checking your email on your Android phone, and the next, the Microsoft 365 app crashes, freezes, or simply won’t open.

Android 17 will introduce “Registered App Stores” as a result of the Epic settlement, allowing users to install rival marketplaces through a single, uniform screen. This eliminates security warnings ...

OpenAI launched the Sora app on Android via the Google Play Store, expanding its hyperrealistic AI video generation tool. The app allows users to create and remix videos using text prompts. It is ...

GitHub has launched a new AI-powered application modernization capability designed to simplify and accelerate upgrades and migrations of legacy .NET and Java applications. Leveraging GitHub Copilot's ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

Seventy-seven malicious Android apps with more than 19 million installs were delivering multiple malware families to Google Play users. This malware infiltration was discovered by Zscaler's ThreatLabs ...

Elon Musk’s X is struggling on Android devices in terms of new installs, even while App Store downloads grow, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. In July 2025, X downloads ...