The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.

Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

LineageOS has just released version 23 of its popular custom Android distribution, based on the recently released Android 16.

AOSP stands for the Android Open Source Project, the public repository for Android’s source code. By releasing Android 15’s source code to AOSP, independent platform developers (i.e., those who build ...

Parth is a technology analyst and writer specializing in the comprehensive review and feature exploration of the Android ecosystem. His work is distinguished by its meticulous focus on flagship ...

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...

F-Droid is warning that the project could reach an end due to Google's new requirements for all Android developers to verify ...

F-Droid is raising alarms over Google's recent decision to strictly limit app sideloading on Android. After 15 years on the ...

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