Google is not discontinuing the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but it has made big changes that affect how Android source code is shared, especially for those who build custom ROMs of Android.

Google is introducing further changes to Android's release cycle: The source code will now only be published twice a year in AOSP. Starting this year, Google will only release new Android source code ...

Google complicates development of custom ROMs such as Lineage for Pixel smartphones. The hardened Android version GrapheneOS is particularly affected. Google has thrown a spanner in the works of the ...

There's some trouble brewing ahead for developers of custom ROMs for Pixel phones. In the midst of a reorganization about how the Android open-source project is run, Pixel ROM devs have been caught by ...

Google is releasing Android 16, the latest major update to the mobile and embedded operating system. As always, the rollout begins with Pixel devices. Completed to its expected timeline, the major ...