Android 17’s native app lock may also hide notifications from locked apps

Google is inching closer to a built-in app lock feature in Android 17. New findings from early builds suggest how locked apps ...

This new Linux desktop runs like an app on your existing desktop - and I highly recommend it

Portable and modular, Orbitiny runs on top of your existing window manager - such as KDE Plasma or GNOME - like a regular app.
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Xiaomi Developing Own Operating System Compatible with Android, Aims to Compete with Huawei’s HarmonyOS and Eventually Google

Xiaomi continues to expand its product lineup with new devices, but the company’s future plans aren’t solely focused on hardware. In fact, they are planning their financial future around software. We ...
Android Police

Google has never been good with operating systems: Will the jump from ChromeOS to Android make a difference?

Zach was an Author at Android Police from January 2022 to June 2025. He specialized in Chromebooks, Android smartphones, Android apps, smart home devices, and Android services. Zach loves unique and ...

Samsung Quietly Alters Android on Hundreds of Millions of Devices

Samsung has begun rolling out a change to the Android operating system on hundreds of millions of Galaxy phones around the ...
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/e/OS Is Better Than Android. You Should Try It

Google's Android mobile operating system is open source, which means anyone can, in theory, build their own mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Why, then, are ...
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4 reasons why agentic operating systems are extremely problematic

Agent decisions are influenced by timing, prior context, system state, and probabilistic reasoning. The same request issued twice may produce different results. A failure that happens once may never ...