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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

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2026542 stories
F-Droid 2.0↗ f-droid.org · HN · 416 comments · 1461 points · Sep 24, 2026
Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 721 comments · 1180 points · Sep 18, 2026
GrapheneOS has been ported to Android 17↗ discuss.grapheneos.org · HN · 621 comments · 1021 points · Jun 16, 2026
Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 1262 comments · 1196 points · Mar 19, 2026
Keep Android Open↗ f-droid.org · HN · 737 comments · 2258 points · Feb 20, 2026
2025609 stories
Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10↗ blog.google · HN · 558 comments · 886 points · Nov 20, 2025
Android developer verification: Early access starts↗ android-developers.googleblog.com · HN · 676 comments · 1362 points · Nov 13, 2025
Keep Android Open↗ keepandroidopen.org · HN · 889 comments · 2693 points · Oct 29, 2025
What we talk about when we talk about sideloading↗ f-droid.org · HN · 629 comments · 1516 points · Oct 28, 2025
F-Droid and Google’s developer registration decree↗ f-droid.org · HN · 564 comments · 1478 points · Sep 29, 2025
2024561 stories
Syncthing Android App Discontinued↗ forum.syncthing.net · HN · 277 comments · 418 points · Oct 20, 2024
Turn your Android phone into a modern ham radio transceiver↗ kv4p.com · HN · 191 comments · 537 points · Oct 12, 2024
Rawdrawandroid – Build Android apps without any Java, in C and Make↗ github.com · HN · 147 comments · 359 points · Sep 22, 2024
Flappy Bird for Android, only C, under 100KB↗ github.com · HN · 160 comments · 394 points · Sep 22, 2024
Winlator: Android app that lets you to run Windows apps with Wine↗ winlator.org · HN · 124 comments · 363 points · Jan 22, 2024
2023541 stories
Android data encryption in depth↗ blog.quarkslab.com · HN · 1 comments · 59 points · Dec 30, 2023
Android developers no longer need Windows USB drivers↗ fabiensanglard.net · HN · 67 comments · 200 points · Dec 30, 2023
Little File Explorer – File Manager for Android 1.0 and above↗ github.com · HN · 83 comments · 181 points · Dec 28, 2023
Zotero for Android available for beta tests↗ forums.zotero.org · HN · 86 comments · 274 points · Dec 25, 2023
A group of open source Android apps without ads and unnecessary permissions↗ simplemobiletools.com · HN · 11 comments · 34 points · Sep 11, 2023
2022511 stories
Show HN: I made an offline-ready hiking trail companion app↗ github.com · HN · 141 comments · 475 points · Nov 01, 2022
Removing SMS support from Signal Android (soon)↗ signal.org · HN · 632 comments · 593 points · Oct 12, 2022
Our plans for Thunderbird on Android↗ blog.thunderbird.net · HN · 281 comments · 724 points · Jun 13, 2022
LineageOS 19↗ lineageos.org · HN · 255 comments · 431 points · Apr 26, 2022
F-Droid – alternative to Google Play store↗ f-droid.org · HN · 155 comments · 454 points · Feb 28, 2022
2021540 stories
Android phones are sending significant amount of user data with no opt-out [pdf]↗ scss.tcd.ie · HN · 367 comments · 700 points · Oct 11, 2021
CalyxOS – De-Googled Android Alternative↗ calyxos.org · HN · 477 comments · 1010 points · Aug 06, 2021
Signal on Android: Images sent to wrong contacts↗ github.com · HN · 382 comments · 654 points · Jul 25, 2021
Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen↗ play.google.com · HN · 498 comments · 709 points · Jun 26, 2021
Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with one update↗ blog.malwarebytes.com · HN · 442 comments · 819 points · Feb 08, 2021
2020917 stories
A free-as-in-freedom re-implementation of Google’s Android user space↗ microg.org · HN · 187 comments · 790 points · Nov 30, 2020
Android In a Box – Run Android applications on any GNU/Linux operating system↗ anbox.io · HN · 147 comments · 609 points · Oct 05, 2020
Termux and Android 10↗ github.com · HN · 314 comments · 412 points · May 18, 2020
Rawdrawandroid: Build Android apps in C↗ github.com · HN · 155 comments · 389 points · May 09, 2020
GeckoView for Android↗ mozilla.github.io · HN · 127 comments · 406 points · May 07, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

F-Droid 2.0↗ f-droid.org · HN · 416 comments · 1461 points · Sep 24, 2026
Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free↗ gultsch.de · HN · 294 comments · 703 points · Sep 26, 2026
Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 721 comments · 1180 points · Sep 18, 2026
GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 265 comments · 416 points · Sep 06, 2026
Kobo can run apps now↗ bandarlabs.github.io · HN · 213 comments · 662 points · Aug 21, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

F-Droid 2.0↗ f-droid.org · HN · 416 comments · 1461 points · Sep 24, 2026
Android 17 is the first since 3.x to add new APIs without releasing to the AOSP↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 721 comments · 1180 points · Sep 18, 2026
Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free↗ gultsch.de · HN · 294 comments · 703 points · Sep 26, 2026
GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard↗ grapheneos.social · HN · 265 comments · 416 points · Sep 06, 2026
OEMpocalypse: Unprivileged Android app to root on Samsung, Xiaomi, others↗ calif.io · HN · 63 comments · 104 points · Sep 14, 2026
Valve has open-sourced Lepton, its tool to bring Android games to Steam↗ theverge.com · HN · 3 comments · 34 points · Sep 18, 2026
"A big win for Android interoperability"↗ osnews.com · HN · 1 comments · 19 points · Aug 30, 2026
GrapheneOS accuses Google of gatekeeping Android 17 features and security fixes↗ androidauthority.com · HN · 1 comments · 17 points · Sep 18, 2026
Google will limit how much memory Android apps can use from February 2027↗ thenextweb.com · HN · 1 comments · 9 points · Sep 05, 2026
Clean up your Android TV↗ tv.cobanov.dev · HN · 0 comments · 8 points · Sep 06, 2026

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