Google has upgraded the kernel version of all Tensor-powered Pixels in the Android 15 QPR2 Beta 1 release. The Google Pixel 6 series, Pixel 7 series, Pixel 8 series, Pixel Tablet, and Pixel Fold all ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, but it has always used ...

After being caught off guard by the disclosure of a serious flaw in the Linux kernel this week, Google has quickly developed a patch for Android and shared it with device manufacturers. It might take ...

Google rebuilt Android’s kernel using AutoFDO and real app data, boosting performance, speeding system calls, and improving app launches.

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Google is working on some behind-the-scenes changes that should make Android phones feel faster while also improving battery life.

Google's new Pixel 3 handset is the first Android device to feature a new kernel code protection system, the company said today. Named Control Flow Integrity (CFI), this technique works by preventing ...

Android runs on top of the Linux kernel. All of Android’s memory management, input/output, processes, locks, networking, etc happens through and via the Linux kernel. Each new release of Android uses ...

A major change in the maintenance lifecycle of Linux kernels is coming. During a Linaro Connect 2017 presentation on Android’s Project Treble, Googler Iliyan Malchev announced that Linux LTS (Long ...

Future versions of Android will be more resilient to exploits thanks to developers’ efforts to integrate the latest Linux kernel defenses into the operating system. Android’s security model relies ...

The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week, and since Android is one of the biggest distributors of the Linux kernel in the world, Google software engineer Todd Kjos stopped by for a progress report ...