Android used to be synonymous with freedom. If you didn’t like your phone’s interface or bloatware, you could simply install a custom ROM — the colloquial term for a forked version of the Android ...

Rewind almost 15 years, and the Android ROM scene was thriving. Nightly builds, tons of projects, we truly were living in a golden age. Nowadays, things have changed significantly. Just what happened ...

In a sweeping policy overhaul, Google is moving to restrict unverified APKs, ROMs, and emulators, a change that could redefine what it means to use Android freely. The new rules, set to roll out by ...