android openness

How-To Geek’s Android explainer argues that AOSP remains open source, but the Android phone most people buy from Samsung, OnePlus, or another certified vendor is a layered product where Google services, OEM code, drivers, and policy controls define the real experience. The uncomfortable truth is...

Google's decision to cut public Android source code drops from four times a year to just two — published only in Q2 and Q4 starting in 2026 — is a small procedural change on paper and a seismic one for the open-source ecosystem that depends on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Background...