Android 17 QPR1 Beta 6 brings support for custom fonts and multiple terminal windows to the Linux Terminal app.

Android's native Linux Terminal is ditching its plain look for a Material 3 Expressive-inspired redesign in the Android 17 ...

OS 26.06 adds support for 254 devices, including devices like the Google Pixel 3a, Samsung Galaxy S9, OnePlus 6 and Xiaomi ...

My pocket computer got a lot more interesting.

Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Android is, at its heart, based on the Linux operating system’s kernel. It is heavily modified in many ways, and in practice, an ...

Nathan is a tech journalist from Canada who spends too much money on gadgets. You can find his work on Android Police, Digital Trends, iMore, Mobile Syrup and ZDNET. Nathan studied journalism at ...

The key to this change is a new terminal app that uses the Android Virtualization Framework (AVF). With this app, users can run Linux commands on their Android device through a virtual machine (VM).

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...