Android is the most popular open source operating system (OS) globally and shows no signs of slowing down. Its presence across various products, from Android-based tablets and smartphones to smart ...

The company behind MIPS has released the source code for porting the Android operating system to that processor architecture.

After years of in-house programming work, Google's mobile-phone operating system is now open-source software. Next: will it catch on as a collaborative project? Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

To help us all better understand Android, Google has made it possible to browse and search through Android Open Source Project code.

When Google announced the Android operating system and established the Open Handset Alliance to support it, the plan was always to release the mobile operating system as open-source code. Today ...

With Android 5.0 debuting on the Nexus 9 and Nexus Player, Google has pushed out the newest Android source code to the public Android Open Source Project (AOSP) repository. Anyone who wants to ...

Nova Launcher, one of Android's most loved customization tools, is now going away for good and Android fans are not taking it ...

The world of open source collaborative projects can be murky at times, and throwing crowdfunding into the mix doesn't make it any clearer. This odd intersection is the source of much drama in the ...

Most of Android's problems stem from the fact that it is an open source operating system.