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Google Play's API 36 grace period is over, and the 2027 permission deadlines are already lined up
Since August 31, every new Android app and every update on Google Play has to target Android 16 (API level 36), and the extension to November 1 has now run out. Google has also scheduled new rules for contacts, local network access, precise location, AppFunctions and student-style subscription discounts through 2027. Here's how we'd plan for all of it.
Android is officially Compose-first. Your View-based app is now legacy code.
At Google I/O 2026, Google made Jetpack Compose the official way to build Android UI and moved the View toolkit into maintenance mode. For the many production apps still built on Views, that turns a long-running question into a real decision. Here is how mobile teams should respond, without rewriting everything at once.
Apple and Google just made phones less sticky. Mobile teams need a new playbook.
iOS 26.5 shipped this week with wireless Transfer to Android, RCS end-to-end encryption, and a new App Store subscription tier. Hours later, Google's Android Show I/O Edition 2026 confirmed the cooperation runs both ways. Platform lock-in just got weaker, and that changes how mobile teams should think about retention and pricing.
Security Roundup: Microsoft Patches Zero-Day, Google Disrupts Proxy Network
Microsoft fixed an actively exploited Office vulnerability while Google took down a massive proxy network used by 550+ threat groups. WhatsApp also rolled out new protection against sophisticated attacks.