Google Says Android Open Source Project Not Being ‘Discontinued’ Amidst Pixel Change Impacting Custom ROMs

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Google has rejected speculation about a possible setting of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The confusion arose after the company had not released any pixel hardware repositories and Device Trees with Android 16 for the first time, which are of central importance for custom ROM developers. Google normally also provides the specific hardware adjustments for pixel devices in parallel with the AOSP release. These include Device Trees, drive…

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Despite reaffirming its commitment to the Android Open Source Project, Google's decision weakens its relationship with the independent developer community. The release of Android 16 to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), announced this week, was accompanied by an unexpected change from Google, which is represented by the absence of the usual hardware repositories and trees for Google Pixel devices. This unprecedented decision has raised conc…

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The custom-ROM community needs to do more to get LineageOS or GrapheneOS on pixel ports. This is due to Google. (AOSP, smartphone)

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When the US blacklisted Huawei in May 2019, one of the first hijackings the Chinese company received, was the ban on using Google services, (GMS) and only allowing it for limited time, Android updates, like security patches. That ended a while ago and [...] The post EMUI for Huawei phones could still survive.... Google will not end AOSP but it will complicate developers first appeared on TransMedia.