The booting process of Android devices starts at the power-on of the SoC (system on a chip) and ends at the visibility of the home screen, or special...

touchscreen-based mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Android has historically been developed by a consortium of developers known as the...

Android 16 is the sixteenth and latest major release of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance and led by Google...

separate processor in the computer system. On some systems a power-on reset (POR) does not initiate booting and the operator must initiate booting after...

Rooting is the process by which users of Android devices can attain privileged control (known as root access) over various subsystems of the device, usually...

switch to BIOS-based CSM booting depending on the type of boot disk's partition table, effectively preventing UEFI booting to be performed from EFI System...

The first devices to ship with Android 14 were the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro. As of July 2025, 19.5% of Android devices run Android 14. Android 14 (internally...

3, 2024. Android 15 was released for Google Pixel devices on October 15, 2024. As of July 2025[update], 26.75% of Android devices run Android 15, making...

help extend Android update support for these devices. With this promise, devices using Qualcomm chipsets will have a total of three Android version upgrades...

The functionality of mobile devices running the Android operating system, the most used mobile operating system globally, can be extended using "apps"...

by Google. It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android operating system and its derivatives, as well as ChromeOS, allowing...

public and the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) on August 15, 2022. The first devices to ship with Android 13 were the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. As of July 2025[update]...

unlock the bootloader. Booting process of Android devices Odin Boot ROM § Security Tamma, Rohit; Donnie Tindall (2015). Learning Android forensics: a hands-on...

was enabled to grant processes the ability to restrict system calls. On devices shipping with Android Nougat, the "Verified Boot" policy (introduced partially...

most Android apps available for supported ChromeOS devices. ARC++ was introduced with Android Marshmallow and upgraded to Android Nougat and Android Pie...

12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google (such as Nexus and Google Play edition devices). Its source code was...

open-source, privacy- and security-focused Android operating system that runs on selected Google Pixel devices, including smartphones, tablets and foldables...

The Linux kernel can run on a variety of devices made by Apple, including devices where the unlocking of the bootloader is not possible with an official...

changes. Android Marshmallow was met by low adoption numbers, with 13.3% of Android devices running Marshmallow by July 2016. Usage of Android Marshmallow...

available for Pixel 3a and Pixel 6a devices, as well as GSI images for Android 10 based devices. Linux mobile devices such as the PinePhone, PinePhone Pro...

transfer utility for Android, Windows and ChromeOS. Quick Share utilizes Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct to send files to nearby devices, but it could also send...

possible for users to run the bootloader they want. Booting process of Android devices ROM image BootX (Apple) Bin, Niu; Dejian, Li; Zhangjian, LU; Lixin...

the release of Beta 3 on May 7, 2019, being made available on 14 partner devices from 11 OEMs; twice as many devices compared to Android Pie's beta. Beta...

built-in NFC functionality. As of October 2022[update], statistics issued by Google indicate that 0.11% of all Android devices accessing Google Play were...

pre-installed. As of June 2025, 2.84% of all Android devices ran Android Pie, whose final security update was released on January 4, 2022. Android Pie, then referred...

Android TV is an operating system that runs on smart TVs and related entertainment devices including soundbars, set-top boxes, and digital media players...

system for improved performance on entry-level devices with limited resources. It is the last version of Android to use the "Holo" interface. On July 24, 2023...

Android 12 was released publicly on October 4, 2021, through Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and was released to supported Google Pixel devices on...

a ransomware attack. Google offers a list of supported devices on their support site. Unsupported devices may not guarantee stability. The user will...

Android Auto is a mobile app developed by Google to mirror features of a smartphone (or other Android device) on a car's dashboard information and entertainment...