Android has come to dominate the global smartphone marketplace, and a large part of why this has happened is thanks to its open-source nature. Any phone maker can put Android on its phones with no ...

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 ...

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Android is in a strange place at the moment; it’s arguably stronger than ever, but feels further away from the platform that launched almost 20 years ago. What changed? Copying and converging design ...

Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New Media journalism, she has always been passionate about diving ...

Developers of open-source Android apps, including NewPipe, have begun warning users about Google’s upcoming sideloading restrictions. NewPipe’s developers refuse to comply with Google’s proposed ...

The automation crustacean is crawling to a mobile device near you. By that I mean, OpenClaw — the free, open source AI agent that captivated the internet earlier this year — is finally available as an ...