CNET spoke with Google's Sameer Samat and Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian about why they're combining a phone and laptop OS and how they'll do it.

You can now access most of your Android phone's files from the Linux Terminal app, starting in Android 16 QPR2.

F-Droid has been around for about 15 years and is the largest source of free and open source software (FOSS) for Android.

Google just dropped a bombshell that could kill Android's openness forever. Starting in 2026, every single Android app must be tied to a Google-verified ...

F-Droid has warned against Google's new developer verification rules, saying they could kill sideloading and alternative app stores.