Android Open Source Project

Android's code is open, but its roadmap isn't. What happens when Google changes the core and developers just have to cope?

Android Developer Verification enforcement just started. Can you define your installed app list as code — and what breaks if you try?

Your keyboard's word list was probably frozen in 2014. Here's who maintains the open-source dictionaries — and why Gboard's stays fresh.

Your Android phone can already read and write an eSIM adapter card. So why does the company still sell a $15 USB reader?

Your keyboard knows your email address, your phrases, your habits — and you can't take any of it with you.