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Google begins rolling out Android 16

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Google is releasing Android 16, the latest major update to the mobile and embedded operating system. As always, the rollout begins with Pixel devices. Completed to its expected timeline, the major release marks the availability of the source code at the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). You can examine this code at cs.android.com. Edge-to-edge Highlight features include progress-centric notifications, the ...

Google shares first Android 16 Developer Preview

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Google is releasing the first iteration of the next major update of its mobile operating system, an Android 16 Developer Preview. Its Preview 1 is now available for testing against apps. The system is planned to launch in Q2 of 2025 – see a timeline further below. Note this is for developers only – the Android 16 Developer Preview releases ...

Google begins roll out of Android 15, available at AOSP

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Google has begun the process of rolling out Android 15, the latest version of its mobile operating system, beginning with Pixel devices. Specifically, the company has released the Android 15 source code and made it available at the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). While the latest major release will be available on supported Pixel devices in “coming weeks”, access will ...

Google preps latest Beta of Android 15

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Google has announced the second beta of Android 15, the next major version of Android, which is due for official release in the autumn. A number of features for the planned release have been highlighted by Google, including the use of Private Spaces, improved large screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture (PiP) changes, security measures to make intents safer, and some new fonts ...

Google scrolls and folds Flutter to version 3.13

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Google has updated Flutter – its mobile UI toolkit for creating embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code – to version 3.13. The latest release sees performance improvements to its Impeller graphics renderer, APIs for foldable devices (for example, reporting the physical size, the device pixel ratio, and the refresh rate of the display), supporting wide-gamut ...

Google reaches Platform Stability with Android 14 Beta 3

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With Beta 3, Google has reached “Platform Stability” for its forthcoming release of the Android 14 mobile operating system. The Beta 3 contains accessibility features such as non-linear font scaling, privacy upgrades (partial photos/videos access), new animation support in gesture navigation, and to “further align” with the OpenJDK 17 LTS release. Also, in terms of security changes, apps targeting Android ...

Google starts to develop Android 14

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Google has begun its journey towards Android 14, its next major release of the mobile OS. It has released Developer Preview 1. As always, such a release is not for general users but for developers, providing an early look at the next version of Android, for testing, development, and feedback. Note that you will need to manually install a system ...

Review Display Systems adds Dwin’s Android OS intelligent display module

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Displays modules which can be custom-configured using standard Android apps or user-developed APK file, manufactured by Dwin are now available from Review Display Systems (RDS).  The integrated DMG10600T101-33WTC intelligent display modules is based on a Rockchip RK3288 Arm-based SoC, with a 32-bit Cortex A-17 core running an Android operating system. There is a 10.1-inch IPS TFT LCD with WSVGA resolution ...