[Update: It Boots!] A developer is working on turning a Nintendo Switch into...
Update 1 (2/24/19 @ 11:28 AM ET): A developer working on the project has posted a video on Twitter showing the Nintendo Switch booting into a fresh build of AOSP. More details below. The Nintendo...
View ArticleThe Pixel Experience custom ROM will be getting more features in the latest...
The original goal of Pixel Experience was to offer a custom ROM that was stable while also including the features that are available on Pixel devices. The scope of the ROM has grown in a number of ways...
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Google warns that ADB backup and restore may be removed in a future Android...
Setting up a new Android phone has gotten a lot easier over the years. Android Oreo‘s Autofill feature has made it much easier to sign in to all your apps, and some apps even carry over all your...
View ArticleAnalysis: How even Huawei’s use of AOSP may be in jeopardy with the US-China...
With the recent trade restrictions that were placed on Huawei, its partners such as Google, Qualcomm, Intel, and others were forced to end all future agreements with Huawei, including revoking Huawei’s...
View ArticleAndroid 10 source code is being uploaded to AOSP
Earlier today, Google released stable Android 10 to the Google Pixel family. Before it was called “Android 10,” we’ve been testing Android Q in developer builds for several months. This update brings...
View ArticleAndroid 10 gets ported to the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, Redmi 4X, Mi Max, 2016...
Android 10 was officially rolled out on September 3rd and was instantly available for the Pixel devices, the Essential Phone PH-1, and the Redmi K20 Pro. OnePlus followed the suit and rolled out the...
View ArticleGoogle is making it easier to search AOSP with a new Android Code Search tool
Android’s source code resides at the Android Open Source Project Git repositories, and by extension, where the source code for every new Android version is uploaded. While having the source code...
View ArticleOpen GApps releases flashable Google app packages for Android 10 custom ROMs
If you want to use any app that requires Google Play Services on a custom ROM, you’ll most likely need to flash a separate Google apps package or GApps after flashing the ROM. This step is something...
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Google’s Android Flash Tool makes flashing AOSP builds much easier
When Google released Android 8 Oreo, they introduced a major under-the-hood change to the way the Android OS framework and vendor drivers/the Linux kernel interact with one another. This project was...
View ArticleAndroid 11’s “Share to Print” feature will make it easier to print images and...
Back in 2017, Google introduced a built-in print service on Android Oreo for printers that support the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). Before that, users had to search for third-party print services...
View ArticleASUS rolls out an AOSP-based Android 10 beta for the ZenFone Max M2
Following the rollout of an AOSP-based Android 10 beta for the ASUS ZenFone 5, ZenFone Max M1, ZenFone Lite, and ZenFone Live L1/L2, the company is now rolling out a similar beta build for the ZenFone...
View ArticleAndroid 11 adds 84 new mappings for Xbox, Razer, PDP, Mad Catz, and other...
Something you may not know about your Android phone is that it can likely connect to a gaming controller that wasn’t designed for it. There are hundreds of different gaming controllers on the market...
View ArticleSony Xperia 10 II added to Sony’s Open Devices Program
Sony Mobile’s Open Devices program is popular among Android hobbyists and aftermarket developers, given Sony’s current market position. The OEM provides necessary tools and guides to the development...
View ArticleGoogle starts uploading the Android 11 source code to AOSP
Google has officially released the stable version of Android 11 for its range of Pixel smartphones going back to the Pixel 2. The much-anticipated software update sports a range of exciting new...
View ArticleGoogle prepares to decouple new emojis from Android system updates
Emojis have become an integral part of our informal expression. These tiny graphical assets add emotions, intention, and character to mere words. The frequent addition of new emojis to the Unicode...
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Google is developing parts of Android in Rust to improve security
Android as a complete OS solution involves a lot of moving parts. Very broadly speaking, these parts are the app ecosystem and then the OS itself. As a developer, your programming language of choice...
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Google and Sony team up to add 360 Reality Audio support in Android
Sony has been developing its 360 Reality Audio technology for a while now, based on the MPEG-H 3D audio codec. The tech is mostly limited to some of Sony’s own smartphones, and only works with...
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Android 12.1 will bring a new AOSP wallpaper after nearly 5 years
“The sky is not pink”, reads the title of a code change Google has just submitted internally to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) Gerrit. The code change replaces the default “pink sky” wallpaper...
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Android 12L might let you quickly switch wallpapers from the context menu
Google recently announced Android 12L — a feature drop for Android 12 that brings several optimizations and new features for large screen devices. The first Android 12L Developer Preview includes quite...
View ArticleAndroid 12 custom GSIs bring the latest Android OS to any Project...
Android 12 is here, albeit the stable version is available only on Google’s Pixel lineup — including the newly introduced Pixel 6 series — for now. A handful of OEMs like Samsung and OnePlus are also...
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