Read the related story: “Google’s unhappy Android developers.” ] Dropping the Bluetooth API means software developers won’t be able to create applications that utilize Bluetooth for the ...

First, only system apps can enable it, so third-party apps won’t be able to toggle your device’s Bluetooth radio without your knowledge. Second, the API isn’t restricted to Android 15 ...

Android 15’s new Powered Off Finder API could allow select devices to be tracked even when switched off. This API will allow devices with compatible hardware to continue sending Bluetooth ...

as the API isn’t restricted to Android 15. Additionally, third-party apps can’t trigger your device’s Bluetooth as the feature is limited to system apps. The bad news is a device must use ...

Esper’s Mishaal Rahman discovered the new Bluetooth distance measurement API, and Google (Android) has added its code to AOSP. Although the accuracy of distance measurement is not precise ...

Two major features have been dropped from the APIs for version 1.0 of Google's Android mobile phone platform: Bluetooth and GTalkService... iTWire - Google Android delay: Bluetooth, GTalk APIs A- A A+ ...

The company has already quietly rolled out what must be the world's largest Bluetooth tracking network via Android's 3 billion active devices, and now trackers are starting to plug in to that network.

Apple and Google have both implemented tracker alerts to let you know if there’s an unknown Bluetooth tracker nearby, and now as part of a new update, Google is letting Android users actually ...

After an announcement that ended up being a year early, Android's version of Tile/AirTags is ready to launch. Google has been gearing up on the software side of things to enable a Bluetooth ...