The third-party Android ROM landscape isn't what it used to be but it still exists and thrives even if in a smaller size. Extremely locked-down phones have made it harder to port and install these ...

Google Android is an operating system designed to run on smartphones, not netbooks. But much of the source code is available, which means that folks have been able to port the operating system to run ...

When you think of Android, you probably think of smartphones, tablets, or maybe even smart TVs. But while Google doesn’t officially offer a version of Android for laptop or desktop computers, ...

The Android-x86 project, which lets you run Android natively on an x86-based computer like a Lenovo ThinkPad or HP Omen, has officially been updated to support Android 8.1 Oreo. On top of being ...

One of the perks of an open platform such as Android is that almost anyone, with enough knowledge and time, can put it on any device imaginable. Including devices that Google may have never approved ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. It has been a very long time since we last covered Android x86, but ...