Android 16 Developer Preview 1 is now available to the public. For the time being, this first preview build is only compatible with select Pixel devices. While you can manually flash the preview onto ...

Cameron Faulkner is an editor covering deals and commerce. He joined in 2018, and served as commerce editor at Polygon until May 2025. Update February 18th, 2:10PM ET: Google released the first of its ...

Users will still have to manually enable USB debugging, unlock the bootloader, and install the ADB drivers onto their computer. Once that is done, the new Android Flash Tool will do the rest. All you ...

Compared to other mobile platforms, hacking on Android devices is relatively easier but that doesn't mean it's painless except for the most seasoned of developers. Even the mere act of flashing, that ...

Google is now enabling developers to flash pure stock Android to Pixel devices via a dedicated tool. That’s according to a recently reported announcement made by the company regarding the Android ...

While all eyes were on the Android 11 beta yesterday, Google also made a subtle change to the Pixel series’ catalog of past updates, adding links to the Android Flash Tool for every update. Earlier ...

For over a year now, Google has made the Android Open Source Project’s automatic build process public through a continuous integration (CI) dashboard. Today, the company has unveiled the Android Flash ...

Android 12 is here, and you can install it on your Pixel phone right now. At least, that’s what you’ve read, or heard someone talk about since Google made the first version of Android 12 official this ...