Once upon a time, the Galaxy S3 was the epitome of smartphone tech. It had masterful specs, a brilliant screen, and features up the wazoo. Though 2012 seems like just yesterday, time has not been kind ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. With Android 4.4 hitting AOSP yesterday, it was only a matter of time before the first set of stock ROMs ...

Just last week, Google announced Android 4.4. And as tech enthusiasts, we want KitKat on our current device right now. Well we’ve posted a few custom ROMs over the past few days that are running ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

On Monday, we started seeing Android 4.4.2 rolling out to the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2012/2013, and the Nexus 10. It took a little bit to get the factory images and binaries available, but those ...

Artem is a die-hard Android fan, passionate tech blogger, obsessive-compulsive editor, bug hunting programmer, and the founder of Android Police and APK Mirror. Most of the time, you will find Artem ...

While we all wait for the official full release of Android 5.0 Lollipop for all of our devices, many manufacturers have taken advantage of the head start Google gave us and are pushing out previews or ...

Users on the xda-developers forums have detailed how to get the Google Now app running on a non-Android 4.1 device. Users on the xda-developers forums have detailed how to get the Google Now app ...

The Android Open Source Project (known to the geekerati simply as AOSP), is where all the real Android action occurs. It’s the place where all the hard-at-work modders and ROM builders go to grab the ...

Google complicates development of custom ROMs such as Lineage for Pixel smartphones. The hardened Android version GrapheneOS is particularly affected. Google has thrown a spanner in the works of the ...

The very first Android phone gets the very latest Android ROM: Ice Cream Sandwich is working on the HTC G1, if only in an alpha form. The very first Android phone gets the very latest Android ROM: Ice ...