Google said it will shift all development of the Android OS to its internal branch, but it still wants external developers to contribute.

The company is streamlining development on the platform to help free up resources for artificial intelligence.

Google plans to move all development of Android OS behind closed doors so that the process will no longer be visible to the public. This change is a big shift for Android, which has long allowed ...

In the past, people could go to a website called the AOSP Gerrit, a public workspace where developers share and review code changes as they happen. Think of it as a live window into Android's ...

Google will now be keeping all Android development within its internal branch, closing it off to other developers. The company feels the move is necessary because having to manage both its ...

In a nutshell: Google has confirmed that it will now develop Android privately as part of its efforts to streamline the development process. However, the company has assured users and developers ...

Google will shift all Android development to a private internal branch starting next week, ending public sharing of development progress. While the Android operating system remains open-source ...