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How an AI agent can use Android apps that have no API (five routes in 2026)

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Disclosure: I work on Phonebox , which is the fifth option below. The other four are Google's or open source, and I've tried to be straight about what each can and can't do. A lot of the apps people want an agent to use have no API: food delivery, rides, banking, most of what's on your phone. So ho…

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  1. 2026-10-18 16:53 · DEV Community — AI
    How an AI agent can use Android apps that have no API (five routes in 2026)

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