by dbadmin | Dec 2, 2025 | Android 16, AOSP, News
TL;DR Google has started uploading the source code for Android 16 QPR2 to AOSP following its release for Pixel devices today. This marks a return to form for Google after the company surprisingly withheld the source code for Android 16 QPR1 for two months. Developers...
by dbadmin | Nov 11, 2025 | Android 16, AOSP, News
TL;DR The source code for Android 16 QPR1 is now available on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) after a weeks-long delay. This release gives developers access to the code for new features like Material 3 Expressive and Desktop Mode. Custom ROM projects such as...
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...
