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Suggestion to Change Index/Theme Name
index and section 9. is called "es" i suggest to change it to a more complete and understandable one.
Possible copyright infringement
When I was reading this article, I found a sentence which might violate copyright. In the first line of the "Development -> Update schedule" section, there is a sentence which refers to a PhoneArena's article. There is a sentence in the footer of the article which said "Reproduction in whole or in part or in any form or medium without written permission is prohibited!". When i looked at the PhoneArena term of service , i found a sentence which said "We grant you a limited license and permission to access and make personal use of PhoneArena but not to download or copy any portion of its content for any commercial purpose or to modify any portion of it, except with our written or e-mailed consent". Does the person who copied the text from the article has the permission to copy the text to Wikipedia?. Wikipedia allows everyone to use and copy its article, even for commercial purpose. I'm sorry if there are grammar mistakes as english is not my primary language. Thank you, Sipaw3310 (talk) 14:14, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
- Not done: this is not the right page to request additional user rights. You may reopen this request with the specific changes to be made and someone will add them for you, or if you have an account, you can wait until you are autoconfirmed and edit the page yourself.--Alex Mitchell of The Goodies (talk) 23:37, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
- A statement prohibiting copying is meaningless, since prohibition is the default for acts covered by copyright and other IP laws, and otherwise only enforcible by contract - which they don't have. So all that's necessary is to determine whether copying those eleven words constitutes an act that copyright law reserves to the copyright holder. There is variation between jurisdictions, but in many places such a short excerpt would likely be covered by the "fair use doctrine", and in some places may also fail the "creativity test" (due to there being so few concise ways of expressing that information). That said, saying "major incremental" is a contradiction in terms, so I've re-worded the sentence anyway. Martin Kealey (talk) 22:51, 14 April 2022 (UTC)
Valid source for this claim?
The line "As of May 2021, it has over three billion monthly active users, the largest installed base of any operating system" currently does not have a citation. I seem to remember a source available here on the official Android website, however it is nowhere to be found currently. Does anyone have a source for this claim? I don't know a good name. (talk) 18:07, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
- I_don't_know_a_good_name.: How about this one.[1] -- Yae4 (talk) 15:41, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- I've added that as a source - thanks! I don't know a good name. (talk) 20:47, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 8 April 2022
change Bionic is licensed under the terms of the BSD licence to Bionic is licensed under the terms of the BSD license Eufel (talk) 11:49, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
- Already done
at the same time, Bionic is licensed under the terms of the BSD licence,
ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:54, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
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Android is open source, right?
This article is about Android. It is not about the various proprietary forks like OneUI or FireOS or Google's fork of Android. Separate articles already exist on these proprietary components, we should make this article solely focused on the main vanilla Android OS. I don't know if this is pov pushing or if there is consensus here that android is indeed closed source but I find it unacceptable to boldly change something that has remained on the article for years without problem. I even remember Microsoft and Samsung actually contributing to Android's core OS. This is nothing like Windows where the operating system is mostly closed source with manufacturers writing drivers which may or may not be open source. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 20:20, 25 August 2022 (UTC)
- I agree. Android is open-source, and the article should reflect that. InfiniteNexus (talk) 02:37, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
Android isn't free and open source
Android isn't free and open source, as it contains proprietary components like Google Play, Google Play Services and Google Chrome and other proprietary components as standard and limits to its source code distribution. זור987 (talk) 07:07, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
Also: If Android would be FOSS, than smart devices like smartphones, could get infinite updates of the OS, but this isn't the case. זור987 (talk) 07:09, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- That might be true for Motorola, Pixel, Amazon and Samsung devices, but the stock version of Android still contains code that is open-source. megamanfan3 (talk) 08:17, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- If a software that contains open source components, also contains proprietary components, it isn't open source and especially not FOSS anymore. Google Chrome is an example: It contains components of Chromium, which is FOSS, yet it is also contains proprietary components, so the software is rendered proprietary. זור987 (talk) 09:41, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- The article doesn't say Android is FOSS; it says its based on FOSS components and also contains proprietary components. The AOSP content is FOSS. The definition you gave in your edit summary would render most Linux distributions that contain non-free blobs as proprietary, which obviously they are not according to the definition provided by reliable sources. - Aoidh (talk) 09:58, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Android contains lots of other proprietary components and things beside Google Play and Google Chrome. Also, Google Chrome itself is proprietary software despite it is essentially Chromium with additional proprietary components. זור987 (talk) 12:59, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Your complaint is that Android isn't FOSS; the article doesn't say it is. - Aoidh (talk) 18:36, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Play and Chrome are add-ons, they aren't necessary to run the OS (there are devices that omit these). This is a bit like arguing that Linux isn't open-source because there are distributions out there that include proprietary device drivers. MrOllie (talk) 19:22, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- @MrOllie Good argument, the article specifically is about the Android operating system itself, not Google Play Services or OneUI or any proprietary components that may come bundled with Android. And to address the other argument about updates, you can flash stock Android with no Google Play Services on virtually any device and get updates indefinitely, it is just device drivers are hit or miss. If I am not mistaken, Google's proprietary components won't even run if the device is not running the version of Android that shipped with it, but I could be wrong. I have never tried rooting and prob won't in the future because it would mean a lot of features of my Android like Google Pay would fail to work anymore. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 22:38, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- Also @זור987 we go by what reliable and/or official sources say (including the operating system), not by what you believe or do not believe. If what you are writing is not verifiable, including by the developers [2] and [3], then it does not belong on Wikipedia. WP:V says "Even if you are sure something is true, it must be verifiable before you can add it." And to be clear, as I just said in the talk section above,
This article is about Android. It is not about the various proprietary forks like OneUI or FireOS or Google's fork of Android.
We have separate articles that cover Google Play Services and OneUI which are proprietary components that run on Android, but Android does not need them to function. I want you to take care before you add something contentious like this. The edit you made, despite being in good faith, is falling into WP:RECKLESS territory. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 23:11, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- This is Android's code posted on github by Android, so I would say that qualifies as FOSS. 93.56.221.236 (talk) 19:20, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
- that's not even the source page. In fact if you navigate to "overview" from n that github page, you'll find the following written below AOSP mirror: [quote]These aren't the droids you're looking for [/quote]
- here's a better link [4] . feel free to comb through each directory and look for owners file. In each you'll find there isn't one but usually many.. that reference is vetted by official Certificate authority.
- i agree with @Awesome Aasim. All the rest of grasping at straws. Polypsychosis (talk) 10:24, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
- Android contains lots of other proprietary components and things beside Google Play and Google Chrome. Also, Google Chrome itself is proprietary software despite it is essentially Chromium with additional proprietary components. זור987 (talk) 12:59, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- The article doesn't say Android is FOSS; it says its based on FOSS components and also contains proprietary components. The AOSP content is FOSS. The definition you gave in your edit summary would render most Linux distributions that contain non-free blobs as proprietary, which obviously they are not according to the definition provided by reliable sources. - Aoidh (talk) 09:58, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
- If a software that contains open source components, also contains proprietary components, it isn't open source and especially not FOSS anymore. Google Chrome is an example: It contains components of Chromium, which is FOSS, yet it is also contains proprietary components, so the software is rendered proprietary. זור987 (talk) 09:41, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 19 September 2022
I want to add a new top list of android apps Baqir hunzai (talk) 16:02, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
- Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ― Blaze WolfTalkBlaze Wolf#6545 16:02, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
- Whoops, I am a month slow... 🐌
- I don't think such a list would be encyclopedic either, see Wikipedia:INDISCRIMINATE. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 18:39, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
Other uses
Android has also been installed on more objects that you should include in the section: Urinals: https://www.theregister.com/2021/09/29/bork/ Ovens: https://www.pcworld.com/article/456288/android-moves-into-the-kitchen-with-dacor-s-discovery-smart-oven.html Microwaves: https://www.engadget.com/2010-01-09-touch-revolution-puts-android-in-a-microwave-and-makes-an-update.html 204.100.235.132 (talk) 16:40, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
- Wahser and dryer: https://www.gadgetsnow.com/slideshows/android-gadgets/android-washing-machine/photolist/29815625.cms 204.100.235.132 (talk) 16:42, 12 October 2022 (UTC)
- I don't think this merits inclusion in the encyclopedia. Android powers a lot of things, yeah, but we are not an indiscriminate dumping ground for information. Aasim - Herrscher of Wikis ❄️ 15:38, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
RfC on 9to5Google as a source
There is an RfC at WP:RSN on reliability of 9to5Google as a source.[5] Only 3 opinions have been given in about 19 days. More would be appreciated. -- Yae4 (talk) 15:27, 27 December 2022 (UTC)
RISC-V official support anounced
This article is pretty large, so I don't feel comfortable messing around with it. Still, the news is here. Saedes (talk) 21:50, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
"Android 14" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Android 14 and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2023 January 29 § Android 14 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. InfiniteNexus (talk) 19:03, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
"Latest Preview" needs update
Current preview is DP2 released March 8th Patrioticparadox (talk) 01:28, 14 March 2023 (UTC)