LineageOS is one of the best known custom ROMs for Android phones (and other devices), allowing you to replace the software that came with your device with a customizable, open source alternative. Now ...

The smartphone market is, for the most part, dominated by one decision: Android vs. iOS. In the past, it was possible to have a Windows phone, and today you can have a Linux phone, but Android and iOS ...

Huawei has decided to eschew its Android-based mobile OS and go the route of Apple and Google, which is to create its own grassroots operating system called HarmonyOS 5.0, also known as HarmonyOS Next ...

Samsung has begun rolling out a change to the Android operating system on hundreds of millions of Galaxy phones around the ...

Tyler Lacoma has spent more than 10 years testing tech and studying the latest web tool to help keep readers current. He's here for you when you need a how-to guide, explainer, review, or list of the ...

OpenAI has been planning to make ChatGPT a full-scale operating system that can run applications and act as a digital interface for people. OpenAI has recruited Glen Coates as a new Head of App ...

Dominik Bošnjak is a freelance writer from Croatia. He has been writing about games for as long as he can remember and began doing so professionally circa 2010. If he was forced to pick a favorite ...

Google's Android mobile operating system is open source, which means anyone can, in theory, build their own mobile operating system based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Why, then, are ...

Android System WebView is a part of the Android operating system that offers app developers a built-in browser inside apps to display web content. Doing so eliminates the need to redirect users to an ...

Security policies are provided in macOS to restrict which apps can run outside of the usual protective system policies. Here's how macOS Sequoia can override system policies in some cases. Apple's ...

Microsoft’s vision for Windows in 2030 includes a “voice-first” interaction mode that shifts away from the traditional keyboard and mouse, making them feel “alien.” Under the hood, that means handing ...

Windows is laying the groundwork for a future where AI agents operate as first-class participants in the OS—governed, identifiable, and securely contained. We are all familiar with the basic concept ...