Android Central
{{Infobox website
| name = Android Central
| logo = Android Central logo.svg
| logo_alt = Android Central logo
| type = Technology journalism
| founded = September 2008
| location_city = New York City
| country = United States, Canada
| country_of_origin = United States
| founder = Dieter Bohn{{cite news |last1=Bonggolto |first1=Jay |title=Dieter Bohn leaves The Verge to join Google's platforms and ecosystems team |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/dieter-bohn-leaves-the-verge |access-date=26 February 2025 |date=4 March 2022}} and Casey Chan
| editor = Shruti Shekar{{cite web |title=Shruti Shekar's Profile |url=https://muckrack.com/shruti-shekar |website=Muck Rack |access-date=26 February 2025}}
| CEO = Kevin Li Ying (as of 31 March 2025){{cite web |title=Kevin Li Ying Appointed Chief Executive Officer |url=https://futureplc.com/blog/kevin-li-ying-appointed-future-ceo/ |website=Future |publisher=Future plc |access-date=26 February 2025}}
| MD = Paul Newman{{cite web |title=Contact our team |url=https://futureplc.com/contact/ |website=Future |publisher=Future plc |access-date=26 February 2025 |url-status=live}}
| GM = Jeremy Kaplan{{cite web |title=Contact our team |url=https://futureplc.com/contact/ |website=Future |publisher=Future plc |access-date=26 February 2025 |url-status=live}}
| 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,{{Cite web |title=All content archive {{!}} Android Central |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/archive/ |url-status=live |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Android Central}} and it received 4.7 million visitors in January 2025, according to SimilarWeb.{{Cite web |title=androidcentral.com Website Analysis for January 2025 |url=https://www.similarweb.com/website/androidcentral.com/#overview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226162915/https://www.similarweb.com/website/androidcentral.com/#overview |archive-date=26 February 2025 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Similarweb}}
History
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."{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Casey |date=25 September 2008 |title=T-Mobile G1 Doesn’t Have 3.5mm Headphone Jack |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/t-mobile-g1-doesnt-have-35mm-headphone-jack |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219000337/http://androidcentral.com/t-mobile-g1-doesnt-have-35mm-headphone-jack/ |archive-date=19 February 2009 |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=Android Central}}
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{{Cite web |date=8 March 2019 |title=Future PLC’s U.S. Subsidiary Acquires Mobile Nations |url=https://golenbock.com/future-plcs-u-s-subsidiary-acquires-mobile-nations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226163858/https://golenbock.com/future-plcs-u-s-subsidiary-acquires-mobile-nations/ |archive-date=26 February 2025 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP}} for $60 million.{{Cite web |date=15 March 2019 |title=Future acquires Mobile Nations |url=https://www.inpublishing.co.uk/articles/future-acquires-mobile-nations-14319 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250112204733/https://inpublishing.co.uk/articles/future-acquires-mobile-nations-14319 |archive-date=12 January 2025 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=InPublishing}}
In 2024, the site published a series of exclusives on Meta’s Project Orion.{{Cite news |last=Sutrich |first=Nicholas |date=25 April 2024 |title=Exclusive: Meta's upcoming glasses are the OMG moment that AR needs |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/meta-project-nazare-interview-caitlin-kalinowski |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219212751/https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/meta-project-nazare-interview-caitlin-kalinowski |archive-date=19 February 2025 |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=Android Central}}
Editorial leadership and notable staff
Canadian journalist Shruti Shekar took over as editor-in-chief of Android Central in September 2023, succeeding Jeramy Johnson. Shekar frequently appears on the Canadian network CBC as a guest expert on technology news.{{Cite news |date=31 August 2024 |title=Tech needs for back to school and your home |url=https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-78-all-in-a-weekend/clip/16091529-tech-needs-back-school-home |url-status=live |access-date=26 February 2025 |work=CBC}}
Derrek Lee is the managing editor of Android Central; he has been with the site since November 2020. Jerry Hildenbrand is responsible for the "Android and Chill column." Dieter Bohn was managing editor of the site from its launch in 2008 through 2011 when he left to help launch The Verge. Casey Chan was a co-founder of Android Central who later joined Gizmodo.
Android Central awards
Each January, Android Central issues its Best Of awards, wrapping up the most noteworthy products, services, and technologies of the previous year.{{Cite web |last=Shekar |first=Shruti |date=3 January 2025 |title=Android Central's Best of 2024 Awards: The best phones, smartwatches, tablets, apps, and more |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/android-centrals-best-of-2024-awards-the-best-phones-smartwatches-tablets-apps-and-more |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116050505/https://www.androidcentral.com/phones/android-centrals-best-of-2024-awards-the-best-phones-smartwatches-tablets-apps-and-more |archive-date=16 January 2025 |access-date=26 February 2025 |website=Android Central}} The awards recognize the best Android phones, wearables, smart glasses and games, Chromebooks and tablets, apps and software, and audio accessories.
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