Fragmentation of the Android platform is being blamed for a decline in developer enthusiasm for the mobile OS, but the real fragmentation challenge for app developers is a much broader issue than just ...

While Google has moved to cure the much-maligned Android fragmentation problem, there are more Android devices than ever out there in the wild, according to data from OpenSignal. The problem? Too many ...

Seems pretty clear to me at this point that fragmentation in Android is a real issue and challenge for the platform, most especially for developers making games and media-streaming apps/services (like ...

Android engineer calls fear of fragmentation 'a red herring' and details efforts to ensure compatibility on the mobile phone platform An Android engineering team member earlier this week lashed out at ...

IMS Research report indicates that Google needs to actively prevent more fragmentation of its Android OS or else it risks losing market share. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter in ...

In the case of Google's Android and Amazon's Android, where apps developed for either platform are generally cross-compatible, Google probably isn't all that concerned. Google is probably trying to ...

One of the controversial comments Steve Jobs made (does the man really make too many other kinds of comments?) during Apple’s last financials call about Android excoriated the platform and its ...

Android is growing at a phenomenal rate thanks in part to the many hardware options available to phone shoppers. Now Android is at an inflection point, with both phones and tablets on the market. With ...

Android fragmentation is a constant issue for the world’s most popular operating system. While high-end consumers are treated to a fresh Android version each year, another version comes along before ...

Rapid growth in the Google-backed Android mobile phone OS puts the platform at risk of fragmentation, an analyst study said this week. Android shipped more than 6 million handsets last year and is ...

When you hear “Android fragmentation,” we often conjure up the negatives, but there is more to the mobile OS forks than slightly slow software updates. Unlike Android, iOS has an end-to-end experience ...