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April 3, 2025 at 9:45 a.m. PT Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images On Nov. 7, 2024, Google released a System update for Android 9 and later, which included a new service, Android System SafetyCore.

This change to private development doesn't come out of the blue—Android feels less open today than it did in the early days. For example, Google has been moving Android features from AOSP into ...