The Android operating system is a mobile operating system developed by Google primarily for touchscreen devices, such as cell phones and tablets.

Android as an operating system is designed for smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, TVs, cars, and soon XR glasses, whereas Chrome OS is primarily designed for laptops.

We'd been hearing whispers that Huawei was creating its own operating system for phones, tablets and other smart devices, a precaution in case it lost access to Google's Android software. And the ...

Atherton Research's Principal Analyst and Futurist Jeb Su weighs in on Google's decision to rebrand Android and choose to drop using dessert names to refer to the version of its mobile operating ...