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Android 2025 scorecard: Major changes and challenges leading to an exciting future for the OS

With plenty of new features and a brand-new rollout strategy, Google changed quite a lot of things around Android in 2025.
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Keep Your Old Android Phone Running Longer With LineageOS

Resist the urge to toss that old phone. Give it a second life by installing this open-source version of Android optimized for outdated hardware. That's where LineageOS comes in. This is an open-source ...
Android Authority

Android XR is a brand new operating system specifically for VR/AR devices

Today, Google announced Android XR, a brand new operating system for AR/VR devices. The company hopes Android XR can unify the messy XR hardware industry, similar to what Android did for smartphones.

e/OS/, Shiftphone8, And The Quest For Privacy-Focused Smartphones

Google is not Android, and Android is not Google. Step forward, Murena, which leverages the open-source Android project to ...

Huawei officially unveiled a new operating system that could replace Android if the firm's US nightmare continues

Harmony OS could end up replacing Android on Huawei's mobile devices should the Chinese firm remain blacklisted in the US.