With plenty of new features and a brand-new rollout strategy, Google changed quite a lot of things around Android in 2025.

The December update for Pixel Watch 2, 3, and 4 includes a 'point' update to Wear OS, plus some new features for newer models.

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CMF has begun rolling out Nothing OS 4.0, bringing Android 16 to the CMF Phone 1 and Phone 2 Pro. The update delivers a ...

Android and Chrome OS have been developed in parallel for years, but Google is planning to streamline its operating systems. In a recent interview, Android Ecosystem President Sameer Samat stated ...

Google today announced the launch of Android XR, an operating system created for extended reality (XR) headsets and smart glasses. Android XR is Google's equivalent of visionOS, the operating system ...

Last year, Meta introduced Horizon OS, its new branding for Meta Quest OS. The plan was to license Horizon OS to hardware ...

Google is not Android, and Android is not Google. Step forward, Murena, which leverages the open-source Android project to ...

Huawei has just announced a launch date for its Android-free operating system, HarmonyOS NEXT. Huawei will announce it in China on October 22, during a press conference that will kick off at 7 PM ...

Oppo has periodically updated its software update policy to offer longer software support for its devices. The company now offers up to five major Android OS upgrades to select high-end devices, which ...

Google today announced Android XR, a new core branch of Android, designed as a spatial operating system for XR headsets and glasses. The company is pitching this as a comprehensive spatial computing ...