by dbadmin | Sep 10, 2025 | Android 16, AOSP, Authority Insights, News
TL;DR Google has delayed releasing the source code for Android 16 QPR1, worrying custom ROM developers who rely on timely AOSP (Android Open Source Project) updates. While Google typically publishes source code within 48 hours of a new release, it has been a week,...
by dbadmin | Jul 11, 2025 | Android, AOSP, Features, Google
Credit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority It’s been 20 years to the day since Google made what you might consider its “best deal ever” by acquiring a small, unknown startup called Android, Inc. The founders, Andy Rubin and Chris White, had first set out to build an...
by dbadmin | Jun 12, 2025 | AOSP, Google, Google Pixel, News
Google has made it harder to build custom Android ROMs for Pixel phones by omitting their device trees and driver binaries from the latest AOSP release. The company says this is because it’s shifting its AOSP reference target from Pixel hardware to a virtual device...
by dbadmin | Mar 28, 2025 | AOSP, News
Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers. The company also shared details on what branch of Android platform developers should work with from now on, as well as what will happen to...
by dbadmin | Mar 26, 2025 | AOSP, Authority Insights, News
Google has confirmed to Android Authority that development of the Android operating system will soon fully happen in private. Currently, Google shares some of the work it does on the public AOSP Gerrit, but moving forward, this work will all be done in private. The...
by dbadmin | Mar 26, 2025 | Android, AOSP, News, Polls, Survey Results
Credit: Joe Maring / Android Authority Phones running stock Android are a dying breed. Sure, phones from Google, Motorola, and a few other brands have a stock-like aesthetic, but they add plenty of features you won’t find in a pure, unfettered version of Android....