Whether you have privacy concerns or you just want to freely tinker, these are our favorite alternatives to stock Android.

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This time, however, the prototype is sitting on a desk, running Android, Ubuntu, and even a custom Windows 11 Mobile-like interface — all on the same device. The NexPhone is real, it’s shipping ...

NexPhone is a unique smartphone that can triple-boot Windows, Android, and Linux operating systems. Users can also connect it to a monitor for a full desktop experience. As for the hardware specs, it ...

Both operating systems introduce new designs, but the real story is what’s happening beneath with A.I. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the author of ...

We’ve seen a bunch of efforts to develop free and open source smartphone operating systems over the past decade. But most have relied on at least some proprietary drivers and other software – even on ...