Google set to reduce the Android source code releases to just twice a year

Beginning in 2026, the company will only release Android Open Source Project (AOSP) source code details twice per year during the second and fourth quarters. The popular smartphon ...

Android's time zone change notification might not leave you guessing anymore

Your Android device might soon tell you exactly how much your clock has moved while traveling to a new time zone.

How Android 16 quietly became Google’s best update in years

The first Android 16 release was boring and lacked many user-facing features. This is how it grew to become Android's most influential update in years.
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What’s new in Android’s January 2026 Google System Updates

The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update ...

Android source code will now only be released twice a year

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 announced that the source code will ...

Google’s new Android source code release schedule is bad news for custom ROMs

Google confirmed to Android Authority that starting from 2026, it will push new source code to AOSP only twice a year: in Q2 ...