The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. For Android app developers, ADB is an indispensable tool for debugging applications. With the ability to generate logs, ...

The Android Debug Bridge (adb) backup and restore commands may be removed in a future Android release, as detailed in a commit merged into the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) git repository. adb is ...

Google’s developer verification rules are now live, but users can bypass new APK sideloading blocks using ADB, Shizuku, and ...

For many users, Android Debug Bridge (ADB) probably isn’t a familiar term when talking about Android smartphones. But spend long enough dabbling in the ecosystem’s more advanced capabilities, and ...

Google’s Fuchsia team has begun a new effort that would allow Fuchsia devices to be managed with the ADB tool, just like an Android phone. On Android today, developers and enthusiasts are able to ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...