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Thanks to Google, flashing Android builds on your Pixel just got much easier

Google's Android Flash Tool will let you flash AOSP onto your Pixel device from within your browser.

Phillip PradoJanuary 28, 2020190 shares

Here’s Android Q running on a modded Nintendo Switch (sort of)

First Linux, now Android.

Oliver CraggFebruary 25, 2019189 shares

10 features from other ROMs, skins, and platforms we’d like to see in stock Android

From LineageOS and LG to Microsoft and beyond, here are a few other cool features we'd like to see in vanilla Android.

Hadlee SimonsSeptember 22, 2018661 shares

First official sign of Pixel 3 codename ‘blueline’ shows up in AOSP

The mysterious Pixel 3 "blueline" codename just appeared for the first time in an AOSP commit.

C. Scott BrownJune 4, 2018373 shares

Better facial recognition support coming to Android soon?

Facial recognition has been an Android fixture since 2011, but it could receive an upgrade soon.

Hadlee SimonsJune 4, 2018733 shares

Xiaomi needs to adhere to the rules of Android (Update: kernel source code published)

Today, Xiaomi posted the kernel source code for the Mi A1. This is a consumer win, and hopefully future Xiaomi kernel releases will come at a faster pace.

C. Scott BrownJanuary 30, 20182900 shares

New commit suggests touch support could be coming to Android Recovery

Google pushed a new commit to the AOSP code yesterday and buried within the changes are some interesting references.

Dan BartramAugust 4, 2017347 shares

An overview of the new Paranoid Android 6.0

It's been nine months since its inception, but Paranoid Android 6.0 is here! Let's take a quick look at all the new features!

Joe HindyJune 9, 2016974 shares

Stick it to phone thieves: you can now remotely brick your phone

AOSP now supports the ability to remotely brick a device through recovery if it has been stolen, rendering it unbootable by any would-be thieves.

Kris CarlonJune 6, 20161079 shares

Sony opens up experimental AOSP camera to developers

Today, Sony has made an open source camera implementation available to use with AOSP for Xperia.

Robert TriggsNovember 19, 2015481 shares

End of the line!

How far have we come since the Samsung Galaxy S3?

Google Pixel 5: Everything we know right now

The OnePlus 5/5T just got Android 10, which is a big deal (but it shouldn’t be)

RIP LG G series: Waving goodbye to a true innovator