Under the most disappointing of circumstances, the widely admired Pixel Experience ROM is shutting down. It’s opting out of the Android custom ROM scene leaving users in search of alternatives. The ...

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 ...

Years ago, on Fridays, we would share Custom ROM Friday posts that would highlight new and exciting developments in the world of custom Android ROMs. It was great times, as it seemed like the majority ...

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 ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smarter features that make daily use smoother ...

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 ...

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.

Last week, Nothing launched their hype beast of a smartphone called the Nothing Phone (1). The smartphone debuted with a decent spec sheet and unique features like the Glyph interface, making it an ...