The new Androidify app will turn your selfies into custom Android bots using some of Google's best AI models, including Gemini, Imagen, Nano-Banana, and Veo 3.

The open nature of Android is about see a big change, as Google looks to enforce its verification policy for all developers.

Google used to do very little curation of the Play Store (or Android Market, if you go back far enough), but it has long sought to improve the platform's reputation as being less secure than the Apple App Store.

Currently, developers who create “sideloaded” Android apps are exempt from Google’s verification requirements.

Google is also developing a new Android Developer Console specifically for Android developers who don't distribute their apps via Google Play, and there will be a separate console for student and hobbyist developers. Also: Android phone feeling slow? How I changed one setting to instantly double the speed

Judge orders Google to share key search and advertising data with rivals while allowing the company to retain Chrome browser and Android operating system.

Google will implement a new safety feature that would require developers to verify their identity if they want Android users to be able to sideload their apps.