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 ...

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

Google will extend developer verification to all Android apps, not just those installed from the Play Store, beginning with ...

AOSP stands for the Android Open Source Project, the public repository for Android’s source code. By releasing Android 15’s source code to AOSP, independent platform developers (i.e., those ...

In addition to the Android 15 source code release, Google has kicked off a new educational series called Spotlight Weeks today. In this series, the company will “dive into technical topics ...

With Project Astra, Google wants to build a “universal AI agent that can be truly helpful in everyday life.” This Project Astra app is how Google tests capabilities that will eventually debut ...

The new Google Earth app for Android is also now built on Flutter (as pointed out by @AssembleDebug), with the programming language’s notorious animations showing up in certain menus.

YouTube's Android app is cluttered, slow, and full of ads. Even worse: It tracks every video you watch. NewPipe is a free and open source Android alternative interface for YouTube that's fully ...

Google's Android mobile operating system is open source, which means anyone can, in theory, build their own mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Why, then, are ...

Android’s in-built security engine Google Play Protect has a new feature that conducts a real-time analysis of an Android app’s code and blocks it from installing the app if it’s considered ...