37 groups urge the company to drop ID checks for apps distributed outside Play Soon, developers who just want to make Android ...

Google pushed the first QPR (Quarterly Platform Release) of Android 16 in September, but never pushed the updated codebase to AOSP. Alongside the missing device trees and driver binaries for ...

Google plans to move all development of Android OS behind closed doors so that the process will no longer be visible to the public. This change is a big shift for Android, which has long allowed ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. A bit of news from the Android development front this week, with Google confirming that it’s taking Android ...

Google has made it harder to build custom Android ROMs for Pixel phones by omitting their device trees and driver binaries from the latest AOSP release. The company says this is because it’s shifting ...

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 has been maintaining two Android development branches for years. One is the Android Open Source Project and the other is an internal branch of Android that’s closer to the software that ...

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Google has quietly deprecated support for the Dialer and Messaging apps in AOSP. This means brands need to use their own apps or Google’s latest phone and messaging apps. This news could also be a ...