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Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files. This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.
/e/ (also known as /e/ OS and /e/OS, formerly Eelo) is a fork of LineageOS, [4] [5] an Android-based mobile operating system, and associated online services. [6] /e/ is presented as privacy software that does not contain proprietary Google apps or services, [7] and challenges the public to "find any parts of the system or default applications that are still leaking data to Google."
This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
Third-party apps available on Google Play and other app stores can extensively re-theme the home screen, [93] and even mimic the look of other operating systems, such as Windows Phone. [94] Most manufacturers customize the look and features of their Android devices to differentiate themselves from their competitors. [95]
Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued [6] mobile operating system developed by Microsoft Mobile for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile [7] [8] and Zune. [9] Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design language.
Installable apps have managed to unlock immediate root access on some early 2010s Samsung smartphones. This has also been referred to as "one-click rooting". [43] A security researcher, Grant Hernandez, demonstrated a use-after-free exploit in Binder, Android's IPC framework, to gain root privileges. [44]
Amazon Appstore is an app store for Android-compatible platforms operated by Amazon.com Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.On August 20, 2025 the Amazon Appstore will be inaccessible on third party Android devices and apps bought from the Amazon Appstore will no longer work on those devices, but will continue for Fire Tablets.
PhonePe is an Indian digital payments and financial services company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. [5] [6] It was founded in December 2015, [7] [2] by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. [8] The PhonePe app, based on the Unified Payments Interface, went live in August 2016. [9] [10]