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

A ndroid phones always feel snappy and responsive when they're new. Then, somewhere along the way, they start slowing down. The home screen becomes a mess of app icons, widgets, and folders. Even ...

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In the dynamic world of mobile technology, Android has become a versatile and widely used platform that offers users a rich ecosystem of applications to enhance their digital experiences. The Google ...

This post wraps up the Android in 2013 series, covering where Android’s possible future. This last segment focuses on open source, the spark of much interest at Android’s public outset and the cause ...

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

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Google said it found indications that two newly identified vulnerabilities affecting Android “may be under limited, targeted ...

Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of software is available under a license rubber stamped as “open source” ...

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 ...

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