Open is an obsession for Rubin: "The principal attraction of Android is that it's an open system. This makes life easier for developers and producers." ...

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 ...

"The Chinese intelligent computing industry needs both Apple and Android" ...

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 ...

But if you own an Android device, don't get excited just yet. With today's announcement, Google is uploading the source code to the operating system to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).

In particular, that means patents relating to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) 10 and the Extended File Allocation Table exFAT file system are now protected.

Most of Android's problems stem from the fact that it is an open source operating system.