Google and the Open handset Alliance have announced the availability of the Android platform source code for free, under the new Android Open Source Project, claiming that this represents the first ...

If you're more interested in the potential of hacking Android itself around, rather than simply playing with a pre-made handset running a stock version of Google's mobile platform, then I've got some ...

Android source code releases, better known as AOSP releases, will no longer be coming multiple times a year, as Google confirms that it’s transitioning to pushing them out only twice a year instead.

Google is introducing further changes to Android's release cycle: The source code will now only be published twice a year in AOSP. Starting this year, Google will only release new Android source code ...

Google has typically always pushed the latest Android release to AOSP alongside its public release. Android 16 was an exception, with the company not releasing QPR1's source code until mid-November; ...

The Shift to "Trunk-Stable" Google’s official justification centers on its "trunk-stable" development model. This internal engineering strategy aims to keep the main code branch in a shippable state ...

Google is releasing Android 16, the latest major update to the mobile and embedded operating system. As always, the rollout begins with Pixel devices. Completed to its expected timeline, the major ...

Once in spring and once in fall. Ever since the first version of Android was released in 2008, anyone who wanted to could access the source code of the operating system. However, Google has now ...