Open source apps are usually leaner and more efficient. Without ads, constant tracking pings, or unnecessary permissions, ...

Android is the most popular open source operating system (OS) globally and shows no signs of slowing down. Its presence across various products, from Android-based tablets and smartphones to smart ...

The company behind MIPS has released the source code for porting the Android operating system to that processor architecture.

To help us all better understand Android, Google has made it possible to browse and search through Android Open Source Project code.

When Google announced the Android operating system and established the Open Handset Alliance to support it, the plan was always to release the mobile operating system as open-source code. Today ...

With Android 5.0 debuting on the Nexus 9 and Nexus Player, Google has pushed out the newest Android source code to the public Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. Anyone who wants to ...

The source code for version 3 of the ERMAC Android banking trojan has been leaked online, exposing the internals of the ...

Less than a year after announcing Android, the open-source phone operating system intended to jump-start the mobile Internet, Google began sharing the project's underlying source code.

Open source software is generally seen and accepted as trustworthy because the code is made public and available for anyone to look through.

Most of Android's problems stem from the fact that it is an open source operating system.