Explore Android's ongoing evolution with this visual timeline of versions, starting B.C. (Before Cupcake) and going all the way to 2026's Android 17 release.

When images of Google's Aluminum operating system leaked online, Android users jumped for joy at the possibility of combining ChromeOS and Android into a single operating system. While Google has kept ...

AI success depends on whether enterprise data is ready, reachable, and close enough to the workloads that need it. In this eSpeaks episode, Dell Technologies’ Vrashank Jain explains why fragmented ...

Google has announced that an OS verification feature is coming to Android 17. This feature will tell you whether you’re running an official, Google-blessed Android version. The company is also ...

Multi-OS devices are finally becoming viable as Google, Microsoft, and Lenovo rethink how operating systems coexist across modern hardware. The tech world has seen its share of ambitious multi-OS ...

Despite Android's presence in nearly every corner of the tech industry, it has yet to truly establish a foothold on PC platforms. Google has had ChromeOS powering Chromebooks for years, but the ...

After multiple years of rumors, Google today confirmed a new laptop-focused initiative called Googlebooks. ChromeOS, which launched more than 15 years ago, was built with the thought that most people ...

Nothing has been impressive with software rollouts so far. It was one of the first brands to conclude the Android 16 rollout, and now the company may already be working on the next major upgrade, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ewan Spence covers the digital worlds of mobile technology. I’ve spent time with the Shiftphone 8, a smartphone pre-installed with ...

Android head Sameer Samat (right) discusses Aluminum OS with Alex Katouzian, Snapdragon's General Manager for Mobile (left) on a stage before a purple background with the Qualcomm and Google logos ...