Imagine this: The company you work for has just invested tons of money on a custom Linux OS for a fleet of touch-screen devices because hardware driver support for that device didn’t exist. In ...

Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

Android was originally envisioned as an operating system for digital cameras, but the universe had bigger plans. Fast-forward two decades, and Android now dominates the mobile operating system market, ...

One of Android’s greatest strengths, and source of occasional frustrations, is its wide variety of software variations. Samsung’s One UI and even Google’s Pixel UI offer their own spin on the core ...

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that development of the Android operating system will soon fully happen in private. Currently, Google shares some of the work it does on the public AOSP ...

For years now, Android has been developed in a way that allowed the public to look in on Google’s work, but that’s now changing as Google has just confirmed that it will start to develop the operating ...

Hi all, I'm brand new here. I'm involved in some research projects on mobile telecom, using about 1000 mobile handset teardown reports on handset componentry from Tech Insights, and lots of data on ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Google has just confirmed that AOSP isn’t dead, but the Android 16 update has us worried. Google forgot to offer a rather important part of the puzzle for developers, and we’re still not sure if it’s ...

Microsoft this week announced the ability to manage Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devices via Microsoft Intune, which is available as a "premium" add-on to Microsoft Endpoint Manager (MEM) ...