Google built Android's new kernel by simulating how people actually use their phones. The result is doing more for users than ...

Android fragmentation is a constant issue for the world’s most popular operating system. While high-end consumers are treated to a fresh Android version each year, another version comes along before ...

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Google has upgraded the kernel version of all Tensor-powered Pixels in the Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 release. The Google Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, Pixel 8 series, Pixel Tablet, and Pixel Fold all ...

Google’s Android November 2021 security updates plug 18 flaws in the framework and system components and 18 more in the kernel and vendor components. Among Google’s November Android security updates ...

Google is introducing a new optimisation technique to improve Android from the kernel level. This change could make Android phones faster, smoother, and more efficient. The technique is called ...

Android phones may get a speed boost from a deeper software change, one that optimizes the kernel using real-world app usage data more effectively.

It seems like Google is working hard to update and upstream the Linux kernel that sits at the heart of every Android phone. The company was a big participant in this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference, ...

The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week, and since Android is one of the biggest distributors of the Linux kernel in the world, Google software engineer Todd Kjos stopped by for a progress report ...

Google has released the second part of the May security patch for Android, including a fix for an actively exploited Linux kernel vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-22600, is a privilege ...