Google closes Android development but not what you think

The writing is on the wall as Google slowly moves away from Android as the main product and to the bright light of artificial intelligence. This week’s news on how Google plans to change how it develops the operating system, it looks like the deal. Android Authority He confirmed that Google plans to take Android development entirely internally. Essentially Google privatizes the Android source code.

As with all things privatized, this is good news for Google, the company that operates Android. It optimizes Android development so that the company does not have to worry about managing two output code sets and flight comments while working on the next version of Android. This is also good news for users as this means that there will be no two versions of Android that swim in the ether while in development. This can be confusing to navigate between the internal branch of the Android source code that Google transmits to brands under Google Mobile Services (GMS) and the public Android (AOSP) public project that anyone and any manufacturer can use.

He also talks about how priorities have changed internally on Google as he shifts the focus on what AI can do on its various software platforms. Twins are the main sale now. Last year, on Google I/O 2024, it was obvious that it would become the goal, especially since the hardware and software teams were combined with a platform and devices team. Then, a month after the conference, Google announced that the former Vice President of Android Engineering, David Burke, would instead come to an advisory position in the company. Burke has been the manager of the platform for 14 years.

The switch to developing internal Android should not have too many consequences on the platform. “The change makes sense when it comes to allocating work resources that matters,” sent a message to Carolina Milanesi, a chief analyst, after asking her what this meant for a wider market on smartphones. In general, nothing big will change with the Android platform by users. The biggest difference will be in how Google interfaces with developers who do not have GMS agreements. “The developers will have a less understanding of what comes … but in the end, their access is not changing,” Milanesi added.

Google did not publicly publish this text about this change, although I independently confirmed with the company that it was the route it was targeting. It is probably because nothing should Change the country of Android users. If nothing else, the code you are shaking, which you see is happening around Android blogs can dry in the coming months, as Google will not release as much of its output code for the public until it is first ready. This will annoy the developers who catch fishing for future treats, but it should not bother anyone use an Android phone in another way.