Google has confirmed it will move development of the Android OS to behind closed doors. Here's why it's doing it.

Android Authority confirmed that Google plans to take Android development entirely in-house. Essentially, Google is privatizing the Android source code. As with all things privatized, this is good ...

I asked for a public statement from a few Googlers who work on the Android project, but the folks I know well enough to ask can't give me one. Google has rules about who can share ...

The operating system will still be open source, but Google is now moving all development to a private, internal software branch. It previously worked on some features, like the Bluetooth stack, in ...

Google will shift all Android development to a private internal branch starting next week, ending public sharing of development progress. While the An ...

Google plans to move all development of Android OS behind closed doors so that the process will no longer be visible to the public. This change is a big shift for Android, which has long allowed ...

Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers. The company also shared details on what branch of Android platform ...

Google is planning a major change to the way it develops new versions of the Android operating system. Since the beginning, ...

Google will now be keeping all Android development within its internal branch, closing it off to other developers. The company feels the move is necessary because having to manage both its ...

More info. A bit of news from the Android development front this week, with Google confirming that it’s taking Android development completely private. While that might sound like a big change, ...