Sony 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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