Although WearOS, like on the Google Pixel Watch 2, is not entirely open source like Android, it shares some aspects of the AOSP code. The same can be said about the Chromecast with Google TV.

Open source apps are usually leaner and more efficient. Without ads, constant tracking pings, or unnecessary permissions, ...

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In addition, Google will continue to publish the source code for Android’s Linux kernel fork, as it is licensed under GPLv2, which mandates source code releases, and is separate from AOSP.

With each major release of Android, a huge code drop is made to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) with everything a developer needs to build the latest version of the OS.

Android can now be easily ported to anything, from phones to GPS receivers, to in-car entertainment systems as well as other funky things nobody has thought of yet.

MIPS Technologies released the source code on Monday, two months after it first said it had ported Android to the 32-bit version of the MIPS architecture.

The source code suggests that Android 12 is here, but is not necessarily "here" for a release. Rather, it is here to signify that Android is on the verge of releasing its 12th OS version.

Android 4.0 code is now available, but the code drop doesn’t fully ameliorate the fundamental issue raised by Honeycomb: Google has the ability to withhold code for any given release as it sees ...