A new European initiative called UnifiedAttestation aims to build an open-source alternative to Google’s Play Integrity checks. Many banking, financial, and government apps use Play Integrity checks ...

Android 12 has been around for a couple of months now. While the entirety of Samsung’s 2021 flagship lineup is getting the One UI 4 update, some others are out of the company’s update cycle. These ...

Sadly, the Pixel 2 and 2 XL will never officially receive Android 12 from Google. However, thanks to the wild world of custom ROM development, you’re now able to get the very latest OS update on ...

Over a month after the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro release, we now have the first “official” custom ROM for the latest flagships courtesy of Paranoid Android. This isn’t the first custom ROM available for the ...

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Years ago, on Fridays, we would share Custom ROM Friday posts that would highlight new and exciting ...

LineageOS is an Android-based operating system designed to be installed as a replacement for the software that ships on many supported smartphones, tablets, and other devices. It’s an open source ...

Efforts like Graphene OS face increasing pressure from apps that refuse to run on non-standard Android. The custom ROM project characterizes Google’s approach to device attestation as incomplete and ...

Bubbles for all apps!

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.

In the two weeks since Google released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, we’ve seen dozens of ports of Google’s latest operating system pop up. Independent developers have brought ...