Android is open in theory, but very closed in practice.

I went looking for better Android apps and ended up with an open-source toolkit I use daily.

I have eight years of experience covering Android, with a focus on apps, features, and platform updates. I love looking at even the minute changes in apps and software updates that most people would ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology. I’ve spent time with the Shiftphone 8, a smartphone pre-installed with ...

Developers of open-source Android apps, including NewPipe, have begun warning users about Google’s upcoming sideloading restrictions. NewPipe’s developers refuse to comply with Google’s proposed ...