The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Ahead of the holidays, Google is pushing out the ...

Google confirmed to Android Authority that starting from 2026, it will push new source code to AOSP only twice a year: in Q2 ...

Google has cut Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code dumps to two a year to align release cadences with its trunk stable ...

Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the well-trodden path, ...

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Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is getting an AI upgrade, Google announced at its developer conference, Google I/O 2025, on Tuesday. In ...

Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, large swaths of the software have been developed in public-facing channels, ...

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...

In a nutshell: Google has confirmed that it will now develop Android privately as part of its efforts to streamline the development process. However, the company has assured users and developers that ...