Rewind almost 15 years, and the Android ROM scene was thriving. Nightly builds, tons of projects, we truly were ...

We all know that countless phones are decommissioned well before their time. They lose software support from their companies and wind up taking space on shelves, in drawers, or in landfills. However, ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

The Nintendo Switch is a great handheld gaming device that offers a great console experience right in your hands. However, with the ease with which we carry our smartphones, we can’t say the same for ...

The custom ROM scene for Android devices isn’t nearly what it once was, but down to today, 1.5 million devices are currently running on LineageOS. LineageOS is the project that took up the work of the ...

Early builds of Android 13-based Lineage OS 20 have been released. The custom ROM was created for the Galaxy S7, S8, and Note 8. The ROM allows owners of these older devices to enjoy many of the ...

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.

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Microsoft’s Surface Duo is an Android-powered dual-screen mobile device that began shipping before Google had really done much to bring native support for dual-screen hardware to Android. So Microsoft ...