Open is an obsession for Rubin: "The principal attraction of Android is that it's an open system. This makes life easier for developers and producers." ...

Learn more. Google's Android mobile operating system is open source, which means anyone can, in theory, build their own mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

The open nature of Android is about see a big change, as Google looks to enforce its verification policy for all developers.

There’s a new(ish) smartphone operating system aimed at folks who want to be able to run Android apps, but want additional security and privacy features. It’s called GrapheneOS, and it comes ...

Most of Android's problems stem from the fact that it is an open source operating system.