The Android 15 source code will be released next week, according to multiple sources. Here's what that means for users and developers.

TL;DR

  • The Android 15 source code will be released next week, according to multiple sources.
  • The source code will allow Android platform developers to build modified versions of Android 15.
  • Major OEMs have already had access to Android 15’s source code, giving them a head start on preparing updates.
  • ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    See, the issue is over time they have carved more and more out of stock AOSP and made it closed.

    The AOSP camera is garbage, but it doesn’t have to be. I think the Pixel line could still have done great with Google backporting these Improvments even on a delayed release window. But you have people literally stealing the camera apk and manually patching it to run on other devices because Google won’t do this.

    https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/

    Not to mention the sorry state of stock apps like calculator and calendar, notes, all ignored in favor of a competing google service… Which Google sometimes still ignores (Keep)

    I’m happy Google made Pixels, but I think in the switch from Nexus to Pixel, the loser was the AOSP program, which now feels more like a skeleton that requires a full OSS team or corporation to finish it. Too many basic QoL changes are never backported.