Google Android is an operating system designed to run on smartphones, not netbooks. But much of the source code is available, which means that folks have been able to port the operating system to run ...

Windows 8’s bold grab for tablet relevance may snatch headlines, but it isn’t the only operating system looking to extend its established supremacy over a whole new class of devices. As the PC market ...

Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. It has been a very long time since we last covered Android x86, but ...

Andriod-x86 is an unofficial project to port Google’s Android operating system to run on devices with x86 processors… like the ones made by Intel and AMD. In other words, it lets you run Android on ...

There is no shortage of ways you can run Android apps on a PC, be it a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer. But, as we've learned recently, not all of them are that trustworthy after all. Ensure that ...

Android is almost everywhere today, from the usual mobile devices to wearables to cars and even to some smart appliances. The platform, however, has been conceptualized and designed with ARM-based ...

CyanogenMod, a replacement Android distribution for smartphones, has released a 'one-click' installer to lower the barrier of entry for Android handset owners looking for a more open-sourced and ...

Working with the Android OS on a desktop computer environment takes personal computing in a new direction. How many will follow it remains to be seen. The release of Android-x86 version 4.4-RC1 ...