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Reported changes to Android development aren't really a change

It might have made you click, though.

Nobody working on building an actual version of Android that will run on a device pays any attention to the experimental branch. (Image credit: Android Central)What you really need to know is that for companies making phones, nothing changes because they often do get to peek at the "private" code before it is released. If you've been an Android nerd for a long time and were an HTC fan, you might remember how I got hired here: I made custom ROMs and patched kernels for a lot of phones as a hobby and was willing to help people understand how they worked and how to get them installed.

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