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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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Ars Technica

Google offers Python and Java libraries that bring SMS, voice to apps

Google has released a set of Python and Java libraries that help developers who use Google App Engine integrate text messaging and voice communications into their apps. Google App Engine is Google's ...