Google has officially announced that starting from August 2021 all the new apps and games that get published on the Google Play Store have to be submitted in the AAB or (Android App Bundle) format.

Google is introducing a major shift in the way that apps work on Android—and while the changes might not be too noticeable to consumers, it's important to be aware of what's happening and why, if ...

The massive Android ecosystem is backed by APK files but Google wants to kill it and replace it with something called Android App Bundles (AAB). The search giant had talked about AAB in 2018 for the ...

In 2018, Google launched the Android App Bundle, a new publishing format that “offers a more efficient way to build and release” an app. Since then, Android developers worldwide, like those at Adobe, ...

Starting in August 2021, Google will require all new Android APKs to land on the Play Store as App Bundles instead. This will invariably result in smaller file sizes and other boons for the end-user.

In recent years, Google has been working to make Android apps smaller. As a result of that change, the process of installing (sideloading) Android APKs outside the Play Store might have an additional ...

Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei told the Global Times on Sunday that Google's switch to the AAB format, also known as Android App Bundles, will neither affect the experience of HarmonyOS users ...