Motorola and GrapheneOS collaborate for secure Android smartphones

GrapheneOS will support Motorola smartphones in the future. The GrapheneOS developers already said in October 2025 that they were working with a major manufacturer to offer the secure custom ROM on ...
InfoWorld

Google’s Android developer verification program draws pushback

In an open letter to Google and the Android developer community, Keep Android Open argues that the new policy threatens ...
Wired

The Best Alternative Operating Systems to Get Google Off Your Phone

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...
BGR

5 Of The Best Sites For Free 3D Printing Projects And Open Source Models

The moment you finish setting up your first 3D printer, it may feel as though the entire world is at your fingertips. After all, you can craft all sorts of things, from handy tools to beautiful ...
Droid Life

Google Switches to Publishing Android Source Code Twice Per Year

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Google updated its Android Source pages today with a change for when it publishes source code to AOSP. In ...
Business Wire

VeriSilicon and Google Jointly Launch Open-Source Coral NPU IP

SHANGHAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VeriSilicon (688521.SH) recently announced the joint launch of the Coral NPU IP with Google, targeting always-on, ultra-low-energy edge Large Language Model (LLM) ...
GizChina

Reviving an Old Redmi Note 7 in 2025: How Custom ROMs Keep Android’s Spirit Alive

The market of smartphones evolves fast, and sometimes, it's hard to keep up. While some users will be catching new phones every year, others have to keep up with their devices for two, three, or even ...
MacRumors

Developers Can Now Make Android Apps With Apple's Swift

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...
Android Authority

Your open-source custom ROM has a dirty secret, and Librephone wants to fix it

Librephone is an effort to reverse engineer proprietary code needed for your phone to run. While projects like LineageOS prioritize open-source code, some binary “blobs” have so far been necessary.
Techweez

LineageOS Rolls Out Android 16 Update Despite Source Code Delays

The LineageOS team has officially released LineageOS 23, introducing Android 16 to the custom ROM ecosystem. This release is another milestone for the open-source project, which continues to power ...
Android Flagship

Update Samsung Galaxy S6 with Custom ROMs (CyanogenMod, AOKP, ParanoidAndroid and more)

We all know that Android is an open-source platform, so there are many experienced Android users and developers who can take this source code and roll their own operating systems commonly known as ...