• 2025-07: Pixel support dropped from Android 16: what it means for the AOSP developer community

  Dropping Pixel support from Android 16 was a surprise. While the AOSP code base is still sufficient to build devices for new hardware, even without support from Google, it makes it harder because there is less reference code to show how the lower layers of the operating system are intended to work. Call to action: we can fill the gap by sharing the device knowledge that we have. That is exactly what we at aosp-devs.org are here for

• 2025-04: What Recent Android Changes Mean for AOSP and Open Source

  There has been a lot of debate about the recent changes in the way that AOSP is developed, and whether that will affect our ability to develop independent, open source versions of Android.

  TL;DR: AOSP remains open source and releases should increase in frequency