I've been writing about Android since 2011, with a focus on device reviews, Samsung and Google Pixel hardware, and the latest happenings in the ecosystem. In my entire writing career, I've reviewed ...

The operating system that powers every Android phone and tablet on the market is based on AOSP, short for the Android Open Source Project. Google develops and releases AOSP under the permissive Apache ...

Ever since the first version of Android was released in 2008, anyone who wanted to could access the source code of the operating system. However, Google has now announced that the source code will ...

Android Studio Quail 2 is available as a stable release. Compared to its predecessor Quail 1, the Android IDE is characterized by three significant innovations: a multitasking architecture for ...

Google updated its Android Source pages today with a change for when it publishes source code to AOSP. In short, Google will now publish twice per year, in Q2 and Q4. They claim this is to align with ...

Google is reportedly offering select Play Store developers payment for access to app source code. For Android developers in APAC, the offer raises questions about IP rights, security risks, AI-use ...

Google's AI Studio now lets users build native Android apps within minutes, all from their web browser—no Android Studio required. The company announced the update at this week's Google I/O 2026, and ...

Google reportedly replaced automatic code updates for Pixel hardware with a manual Google Forms request system. Developers report waiting weeks for Google Drive links instead of receiving instant code ...