In our wider community we are all familiar with the idea of open source software. Many of us run it as our everyday tools, a lot of us release our work under an open source licence, and we have a ...

Thanks to a vibrant developer community, Android users have access to a fantastic selection of open-source apps. Whether you seek transparency, trust, or freedom from locked-down ecosystems, ...

Balancing the benefits provided by community and transparency with the risks posed by capacity and warranty issues.

Some of you may already be running an open-source operating system on your smartphone, which could be Android-based, such as ...

If there is no category where the subscription model feels most greedy, it’s password management. Services like 1Password and ...

I switched to SwiftKey after years of using Gboard as my default keyboard on Android. SwiftKey is my current favorite because ...

"Today is a big day for Android, the Open Handset Alliance, and the open-source community," wrote Google software engineer David Bort on in a blog post on source.android.com. "All of the work that ...

After years of using Android phones, many people have become familiar with a number of open source Android apps. These apps ...

Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

The open-source revolution is expanding beyond software into hardware design. New microcontrollers from Microchip Technology and Espressif incorporate processors based on RISC-V—an open-source ...