"Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community," wrote Google software engineer David Bort on in a blog post on source.android.com. "All of the work that ...

The source code for Android 16 QPR2 is now available following the update's rollout for Pixel devices. Here's why that matters.

After years of neglect, Google is finally bringing some widget goodness back to the Android lock screen interface, and it's ...

Google planned to announce on Tuesday that the source code for its mobile operating system, Android, is now available for anyone to use free. The move was expected, although the timing was uncertain.

Google is making some big changes to how it operates the open-source version of Android, aka the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). As reported by Android Authority, the company says it will soon ...

Google is not discontinuing the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but it has made big changes that affect how Android source code is shared, especially for those who build custom ROMs of Android.

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BARCELONA, Spain — Mobile World Congress this year has offered a storm of announcements and demonstrations surrounding Google's new Android mobile operating system, with Texas Instruments, Qualcomm ...

Oracle has raised questions whether a version of Google’s Android operating system running OpenJDK code will at all get an open-source license. Google told a court in California that it released on ...

Android 12 is here, but it is not yet available to the public for release, as the source code that was released unveils the next-generation operating system for smartphones. The open-sourced operating ...

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