Although Android technically runs on top of Linux, generally most Android devices abstract away the underlying Linux-ness of these machines. In theory this is a good thing; we wouldn’t necess… ...

Android's Linux Terminal app is now widely available on Pixels, and here's how to get it You'll need a Pixel, the latest software update, and a few spare minutes. By Andy Walker • ...

Google is working on a plan to allow Linux apps to run on Android devices, expanding the flexibility of the system. This is a big move, as until now, Linux app support has been limited to ...

Since Android uses Linux, you’d think it would be easier to run Linux apps on your Android phone or tablet. There are some solutions out there, but the experience is usually less than stellar… ...

The latest Android 16 beta lets Pixel phone users allocate as much storage for the Linux terminal as needed. Written by Jack Wallen, Contributing Writer April 22, 2025 at 10:20 a.m. PT Kerry Wan/ZDNET ...

Today, Linux is only available on the latest Pixel devices running Android 15. When Android 16 arrives later this year, it's expected that all sufficiently robust Android phones will be able to ...

Developer Erfan Abdi says that Lindroid is sort of like a reverse Waydroid: that’s an open source application that allows you to run Android apps on Linux devices, helping bridge the app gap ...

Realizing this, Google added Linux to the OS a while back. Now, it's doing the same for Android with a new, official way to run Linux apps and distros.

Google detailed several major updates coming to Chromebooks in the future in a keynote at its I/O conference, including that Linux on Chromebooks would finally leave beta. That will happen with the ...