Future versions of Android will be more resilient to exploits thanks to developers’ efforts to integrate the latest Linux kernel defenses into the operating system. Android’s security model relies ...

The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week, and since Android is one of the biggest distributors of the Linux kernel in the world, Google software engineer Todd Kjos stopped by for a progress report ...

Google's new Pixel 3 handset is the first Android device to feature a new kernel code protection system, the company said today. Named Control Flow Integrity (CFI), this technique works by preventing ...

It seems like Google is working hard to update and upstream the Linux kernel that sits at the heart of every Android phone. The company was a big participant in this year’s Linux Plumbers Conference, ...

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Corbin is a tech journalist and developer who worked at Android Police from 2016 until 2021. Check out his other work at corbin.io. Android is built on top of the Linux kernel, but it has always used ...

Google has updated the Android kernel with AutoFDO in Android 15 and Android 16, resulting in snappier performance and improved battery life. Google is updating the Android Kernel with Automatic ...

Older Pixel phones are receiving a significant kernel upgrade with the March 2025 update, bringing them to Linux 6.1. This update unifies the kernel versions across Tensor-powered Pixels, such as the ...

Google is implementing AutoFDO (Automatic Feedback-Directed Optimization) in the Android kernel to improve performance and battery life. Now, the system reorganizes the core code of the OS to ...

Future versions of Android will be more resilient to exploits thanks to developers’ efforts to integrate the latest Linux kernel defenses into the operating system. Android’s security model relies ...