This development kit will help developers make better 64 bit optimized apps so when Android L rolls out, there will be plenty of apps ready to take the hardware advantage.

Google’s 64-bit compatible Android L is available for download as a developer preview, and mobile devices should be available by year-end after the final version of the OS is released.

Android is making a push towards 64-bit apps, and now's the time to get on board.

But under the hood, Android is already capable of handling 64-bit processing. As Ars Technica reports, Android is based on a Linux kernel… and Linux has supported 64-bit technology for years.

Google has revealed plans to require Android apps in the Google Play Store to be available as 64-bit software, as part of moves to improve the apps' performance and security. The requirement will ...

Intel has completed work on a 64-bit version of Android OS for x86 smartphones, and the software will be ready to load on handsets with its upcoming Atom 64-bit chip code-named Merrifield. Intel ...

Github activity points to 64-bit Android, but there’s a long road ahead Unlike the A7 and iOS, Android and ARM won't be able to go 64-bit overnight.

As of August 2019, Android apps will have to support 64-bit code. They won't have to ditch 32-bit compatibility, but they can't cling exclusively to the past, either.