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141 titles from 131 authors in the last 30 days, with 129 distinct links and 35 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Computer use on the phone itself: a 2B model that operates Android apps · score 8.0

  Opposable is an Android app that uses a 2B-parameter GUI-Owl vision-language model to automate UI interactions via accessibility services, running entirely on-device with llama.cpp. It introduces optimizations like image token pruning, KV cache reuse, and early exit based on accessibility tree matches, plus an NPU-accelerated vision encoder. This enables private, offline computer-use agents on mobile devices.

• Show HN: Run full iOS 16.5 firmware on Android Devices · score 7.8

  HackiOS boots Apple's open-source XNU kernel (iOS 16.5) on Android phone hardware and runs unmodified iOS 16.5 user space, including SpringBoard and apps, using custom EFI loader, driver replacements, and a UEFI port. It supports POCO X5 Pro 5G and QEMU, with working touchscreen, GPU acceleration, Wi-Fi, sound, and camera, making it a remarkable research platform for iOS internals on non-Apple hardware.

• Show HN: Jarvis, an Android voice assistant that drives other apps by itself · score 7.8

  JARVIS is an experimental Android voice assistant that can drive other apps via an AccessibilityService operator, control smart TVs and PCs, and manage memories and routines. It integrates an on-device TypeScript brain with Tauri, React, and Kotlin, supporting multiple LLM providers and innovative features like smart model routing and wake-word detection. The project is ambitious and technically complex, though still rough around the edges.

• Show HN: Whospair – a serverless Android messenger over Tor, with voice calls · score 7.5

  Whospair is a serverless Android messenger that uses Tor hidden services for direct peer-to-peer communication, eliminating central servers and accounts. It combines strong end-to-end encryption, voice calls, and advanced privacy features like duress PIN and face-detection screen protection, all packaged in a single APK with self-updating over Tor.

Recent titles

1. Show HN: Create a Dumbphone on Android
   2026-11-01 · beeswax.getflourish.org · HN discussion
2. Sovereign Inference Mesh – Phone-native AI inference and edge compute on Android
   2026-10-31 · zenodo.org · HN discussion
3. NichiHab Android app blocker with Gemini AI task verification
   2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
4. Show HN: Built an Android simulator with businesses, investing, and real estate
   2026-10-31 · play.google.com · HN discussion
5. Obtainium Get Android app updates straight from the source
   2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
6. I built an Android app that translates text and turns it into MP3 audio
   2026-10-31 · play.google.com · HN discussion
7. Android version distribution in October 2026: Android 16 leads
   2026-10-31 · heise.de · HN discussion
8. AttoQR – An Android app for generating and testing EMVCo payment QR codes
   2026-10-31 · play.google.com · HN discussion
9. Show HN: mobile-agent – Let AI agents control Android and iOS devices
   2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
10. A Flutter game holds 60 FPS on a $100 Android phone
    2026-10-30 · upsling.space · HN discussion
11. Show HN: Molfar – AI meetings where several models answer at once (Android)
    2026-10-30 · play.google.com · HN discussion
12. Meshtrike – A serverless, zero-internet-permission mesh messenger for Android
    2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
13. GeDefense TV – local-first security console for Android TV / Google TV
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
14. What's new in Android developer tools and performance
    2026-10-29 · developer.android.com · HN discussion
15. Google just handed its rivals the keys to Android
    2026-10-29 · thenewstack.io · HN discussion
16. Translating a 2d Android game to a 3D meta quest game
    2026-10-29 · thedailydeveloper.substack.com · HN discussion
17. Lindroids, run Linux apps on Android from any container application
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
18. Zero click, silent, remote Android DoS
    2026-10-29 · smsofdeath.com · HN discussion
19. A Year in Google's Android VRP
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
20. QCurve – An offline Android music player with a custom C++ DSP engine
    2026-10-29 · play.google.com · HN discussion
21. The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR
    2026-10-28 · blog.google · HN discussion
22. XReal Aura – Android XR Glasses
    2026-10-28 · xreal.com · HN discussion
23. Claude Code found 14,219 photos of my face on my Android that I never took
    2026-10-28 · twitter.com · HN discussion
24. Show HN: Advaita Vedanta – Offline Books for Android
    2026-10-27 · play.google.com · HN discussion
25. What I learned building and shipping my first iOS and Android app – Bad Poochy
    2026-10-27 · github.com · HN discussion
26. Pathfinder – Android native research agent
    2026-10-26 · usepathfinder.eu · HN discussion
27. SkyNetEmu: Run Windows and Linux Games on Android (Wine, Box64, FEX, Turnip)
    2026-10-26 · github.com · HN discussion
28. Firefox – Site Isolation (Fission) Goes Live on Android
    2026-10-24 · connect.mozilla.org · HN discussion
29. Show HN: Autonomous root for Tcl Android TV via CVE-2022-22706
    2026-10-24 · gitlab.com · HN discussion
30. Ramblr (FOSS) – Tap-to-dictate voice input for Android
    2026-10-24 · github.com · HN discussion

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