As Android locks down sideloading, ADB may be the last way to stay in control. Here’s why it still defines Android’s open ...

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 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 ...

Android Studio offers a rich palette of built-in development tools, and an even more abundant plugin ecosystem. The first three articles in this series focused on installation and setup and coding and ...

The pre-requisite step in any guide to sideloading an OTA or flashing a factory image is installing the Android Device Bridge. Previously, the official way to get adb or fastboot was by downloading ...

However, as Google explains, the Android Flash Tool doesn't support installing Android builds onto tablets or Chrome OS devices. "If you have Android Debug Bridge (adb) installed on your machine, stop ...

How Google’s new Android sideloading and developer verification rules impact third-party stores, modding tools, retro ...