Talk:Android (operating system)

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July 25, 2007Articles for deletionDeleted
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December 25, 2011Peer reviewReviewed

Semi-protected edit request on 7 February 2026

Fixed page — Preceding unsigned comment added by ~2026-83291-4 (talk) 03:12, 7 February 2026 (UTC)Reply

Content that should be added but I'm not sure where

https://keepandroidopen.org is of course not a reliable source, but it cites multiple reliable sources. I'm not sure if that's enough to be due in this article, and if not, I son't know which of the many sub-articles it would fit into. I couldn't find any mention of this on Wikipedia, which surprises me since it's a pretty important development ehich, if implemented, would result in changing the lead sentence of this article and most descriptions of android in other articles. lp0 on fire () 22:08, 9 March 2026 (UTC)Reply

 Done, there's a standalone article about Keep Android Open, and it's linked in the hatnote of § Google's developer verification programSpiral6800 talk contributions13:43, 18 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

"Android 17" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Android 17 has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2026 April 6 § Android 17 until a consensus is reached. — AP 499D25 (talk) 10:11, 6 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Semi-protected edit request on 19 April 2026

Copyedit "However, several observers notices that with years, Android became a really closed-participation project of Linux" to "However, several observers noticed that with years, Android became a closed-source project using Linux" MultisampledNight (talk) 13:16, 19 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

That's not a copyedit, that is a different factual claim, and an incorrect one. Android is not closed source. - MrOllie (talk) 13:46, 19 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
Now that you point it out, though, the sentence in question is both badly written and based on citations that do not meet WP:RS standards, so I have removed it entirely. - MrOllie (talk) 13:48, 19 April 2026 (UTC)Reply
Thanks!! :3 MultisampledNight (talk) 13:51, 19 April 2026 (UTC)Reply

Proposed removal of "Launched with" in table in Platform information

The "Launched with" column of the table in the article's Platform information section seems to be unnecessary as List of Android smartphones already exists; The table itself hasn't really been updated, nor do the contents seem to be fully referenced by the source. We could keep the rest of the table relating API level and kernel version to android versions, or remove the table in its entirety. If we do choose to remove a column, we might want to expand the table to include more versions. TheCap7 (talk) 17:18, 14 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

Open source or open source with proprietary components?

The wiki page writes "Open-source", even though Android is very commonly shipped with proprietary Google services, and the usage of the name "Android" on phones sometimes requires those Google services. AOSP is the open-source core, but Android is the open-source core with Google features, Google Play Services, and Google apps, all of which are proprietary. Deltapug (talk) 18:48, 19 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

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