Android Central
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Type of site | Technology journalism |
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| Founded | September 2008 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Founder(s) | Dieter Bohn[1] and Casey Chan |
| Editor | Shruti Shekar[2] |
| CEO | Kevin Li Ying (as of 31 March 2025)[3] |
| Managing director | Paul Newman[Future plc 1] |
| General manager | Jeremy Kaplan[Future plc 1] |
| Industry | Technology journalism |
| Parent | Future plc |
| URL | https://www.androidcentral.com/ |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Current status | Active |
Android Central is a technology journalism website based in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom that covers the Android operating system. It publishes news, reviews of products and services, and editorials. Android Central also covers Google, Android TV and streaming, Wear OS, Chrome OS, Gemini, and Android XR and VR devices in the MetaQuest range. According to its archive, the site publishes between 280 and 450 articles a month, on average,[4] and it received 4.7 million visitors in January 2025, according to SimilarWeb.[5]
Smartphone Experts – later called Mobile Nations – launched Android Central in September 2008 under the guidance of Dieter Bohn, later a founding editor of The Verge.
The first article published on the site was on 25 September, 2008, by Casey Chan, titled "T-Mobile G1 doesn't have a 3.5mm headphone jack."[6]
The site has published numerous exclusives and scoops since its founding, including a first look at the 2013 Nexus 7 tablet and the almost-never-released HTC Merge.
In 2019, Android Central’s parent company, Mobile Nations, was acquired by Future plc[7] for $60 million.[8]
In 2024, the site published a series of exclusives on Meta’s Project Orion.[9]
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