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

G oogle pushed the first QPR (Quarterly Platform Release) of Android 16 in September, but never pushed the updated codebase to AOSP. Alongside the missing device trees and driver ...

After weeks of silence and growing frustration among developers, Google has finally released the source code for Android 16 ...

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Google has just released the Android Security Bulletin for December, which includes an exhaustive list of vulnerabilities ...

Google have released the source code for the Android mobile platform, enabling any interested developer, OEM or bedroom tinkerer to not only try the Android OS but to adapt and improve it. Until now, ...

In a statement posted to an Android developer mailing list, Google software engineer Jean-Baptiste Queru announced that the Android 4.0 source code is being rolled out to the public Android Open ...

As promised, today Google is releasing Android 4.1 into the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) for everybody to download, examine, and likely attempt to port a a whole host of devices As promised, ...

The Android operating system is a step closer to being embedded in consumer electronics, after the company behind the MIPS processor architecture open-sourced the code for its Android port. MIPS ...

"Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community," wrote Google software engineer David Bort on in a blog post on source.android.com. "All of the work that ...

Google planned to announce on Tuesday that the source code for its mobile operating system, Android, is now available for anyone to use free. The move was expected, although the timing was uncertain.