But whether Android actually qualifies as "open" in the purest sense is up for debate, since downloading and compiling code alone does not make a piece of software open.

Android is the most popular open source operating system (OS) globally and shows no signs of slowing down. Its presence across various products, from Android-based tablets and smartphones to smart ...

If you were itching to build an open source browser for Android, you can now do it using a practically all the code from Chrome for Android. As Venture Beat spotted, Google has uploaded the bulk ...

Google has done a lot to demonstrate its commitment to making Android an open and inclusive platform, but there are still some issues that concern developers.

Google is replacing its implementation of the Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in Android with OpenJDK, the open source version of Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK). The news ...

The leader of the Android Open Source Project quits as he raises questions about the limitations of Google's open-source phone efforts inside the proprietary world of mobile handset hardware vendors.

If you're a fan of open-source software, you'll be glad to know that there's plenty of FOSS software available for Android. Here are my favorite six apps.