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 ...

Android’s openness has long allowed software to reach phones without passing through Google Play. Google is adding a new gate ...

Google’s July Play services update improves Google One purchases, adds Wear OS work profile support, and expands Android developer tools.

Android 17 adds a timed barrier around one-time security codes delivered to a phone. Google says the operating system ...

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, ...

It’s been nearly 20 years since Google revealed Android, which the company described as the first “truly open” mobile operating system, setting Google-powered phones apart from the iPhone’s ...