This page lists monthly site changes and documentation updates.
Changes to AOSP
Starting March 27, 2025, the latest release branch will always be referenced by
the new android-latest-release manifest, which can be used directly with
Repo. We recommend platform developers use android-latest-release
instead of aosp-main to build and contribute to AOSP. The
android-latest-release manifest is set to the latest AOSP release branch,
android16-qpr2-release. See About android-latest-release
for more information.
Request Android source
To get the source code for third-party components distributed by Google in binary form within an Android product, see Get Android source.
January 2026
These are the January site changes. Find regularly scheduled bulletins such as the Android Security Bulletins on their respective pages.
| Location | Change |
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| Architecture | Added implementation guide for Generic Bootloader (GBL) to Generic Bootloader (GBL) overview and Deploy GBL. |
| Deprecated Transition from ION to DMA-BUF heaps (5.4 kernel only) as ION is no longer supported with Linux kernel 5.4 reaching its end of life. | |
Updated lock name from mmap_sem to mmap_lock in
Kernel release notes.
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| Updated link to LTS kernel information on Kernel overview. | |
| Updated GKI release table with release dates into 2026 and notation for 16K-capable kernels on Generic Kernel Image (GKI) release process. | |
| Moved GKI respin guidelines to Request a respin, a dedicated page, and updated Generic Kernel Image (GKI) release process. | |
| Added an NDK example for Binder to Handle cached and frozen apps. | |
| Deprecated the android14-6.1-2024-12 and android15-6.6-2024-12 branches for 2026-01-01. | |
| Added new builds to android16-6.12 release builds, android15-6.6 release builds, android14-6.1 release builds, android14-5.15 release builds, android13-5.15 release builds, android13-5.10 release builds, and android12-5.10 release builds. | |
| Automotive | Added more apps to the list of unbundled apps in Integrate unbundled apps. |
| Published release notes for Android Automotive 25Q4. | |
| Updated Unbundled apps release notes with information about CAL media. | |
| Build | Updated guidance on setting feature flag values on Set feature launch flag values. |
| Compatibility | Updated documentation for Perceptual-Contrast-based Video Encoding Quality (PC-VEQ) to mention using Media3 Transformer in Run Media Performance Class Tests. |
| Added information about the number of modules added and removed in CTS 16.1 Release Notes. | |
| Clarified setup steps that are conditional on device hardware in Set up CTS automated testing. | |
| Connectivity | Fixed image path in Ranging: out-of-band message sequence and payload specification. |
| Corrected NFC standards referenced in Android proprietary NCI commands. | |
| Updated Bluetooth HCI requirements with features for Sniff Offload and Bluetooth Quality Report (BQR) events for energy monitoring, Advanced RF Stats, and controller health monitoring. | |
| Security | Updated Android 14 Security Release Notes with new vulnerabilities CVE-2023-45784 and CVE-2023-45782. |
| Added CVE-2025-36911 to Pixel Update Bulletin—January 2026 and updated Android security acknowledgements. | |
| Updated Android Security AutoRepro with structuring style and notes on coding agent integration in templates and examples. | |
| Updated Android Security Bulletin—December 2025 to remove CVE-2025-48631. | |
| Updated Android security acknowledgements for CVE-2025-48581 in November 2025 list. | |
| Added Android XR Security Bulletins section and published the Android XR Bulletin—January 2026. | |
| Published the Android Security Bulletin—January 2026, Android Automotive OS Update Bulletin—January 2026, Pixel Update Bulletin—January 2026, and Wear OS Security Bulletin—January 2026. | |
| Tests | Added command examples for collect-tests-only dry runs for Tradefed in
Test a Trade Federation (TF) configuration.
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| Updates | Corrected variable name from FinalDessertSize to FactorySize in
Size the super partition.
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| Fixed image link in NFC Services. |