Aamir Siddiqui

Aamir is a qualified accountant and business lawyer who started dabbling with Android phones over a decade ago, thanks to a regretful low-end phone purchase. Since then, he has written news, reviews, tutorials, editorials, and more as a tech journalist for XDA-Developers. He rose through the ranks as a freelance writer, full-time editor, managing editor, and eventually served as the website’s Editor-in-Chief in 2021. Aamir specializes in Android, having followed the operating system since its Gingerbread days. After playing around with a fair amount of custom ROMs, kernels, and mods on his Android phones over the years, he now daily drives an iPhone and an Apple Watch in hopes of figuring out why Android OEMs haven’t been able to make a few trillion dollars of their own yet. But fret not because you’ll likely find a new Android flagship in his other pocket. His current role at Android Authority is Senior Writer, focusing on news, specifically around original content. This includes finding unreleased features in Android apps through APK teardowns and scouring the nooks and crannies of the internet to find the most exciting tech news stories that no one else has seen yet. Aamir’s educational qualifications allow him to dive deep into the business, legal, and regulatory side of tech companies, going beyond their products for consumers. When not going ham on his keyboard for his next story, you can find Aamir chasing sunsets on his bike, attending a concert or a comedy show, or hunting down the best shawarma in the city.