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{{Infobox website
| name = ''Android Central''
| logo = Android Central logo.svg
| logo_alt = Android Central logo
| type = [[Technology journalism]]
| founded = September 2008
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| editor = Shruti Shekar<ref>{{cite web |title=Shruti Shekar's Profile |url=https://muckrack.com/shruti-shekar |website=Muck Rack |access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>
| CEO = Kevin Li Ying (as of 31 March 2025)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| MD = Paul Newman<ref name="Contact Future" group="Future plc">{{cite web |title=Contact our team |url=https://futureplc.com/contact/ |website=Future |publisher=Future plc |access-date=26 February 2025
| GM = Jeremy Kaplan<ref name="Contact Future" group="Future plc">{{cite web |title=Contact our team |url=https://futureplc.com/contact/ |website=Future |publisher=Future plc |access-date=26 February 2025
| industry = [[Technology journalism]]
| parent = [[Future plc]]
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'''''Android Central''''' is a [[technology journalism]] website based in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom that covers the [[Android (operating system)|Android operating system]]. It publishes news, reviews of products and services, and editorials. ''Android Central'' also covers [[Google]], [[Android TV]] and streaming, [[Wear OS]], [[ChromeOS|Chrome OS]], [[Gemini (chatbot)|Gemini]], and [[Android XR]] and [[Virtual reality|VR]] devices in the [[Meta Quest|MetaQuest]] range. According to its archive, the site publishes between 280 and 450 articles a month, on average,<ref>{{Cite web |title=All content archive {{!}} Android Central |url=https://www.androidcentral.com/archive/
== 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."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Casey |date=25 September 2008 |title=T-Mobile G1
The site has published numerous exclusives and scoops since its founding, including a first look at the 2013 [[Nexus 7 (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]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=8 March 2019 |title=Future
In 2024, the site published a series of exclusives on [[Project Orion (Meta)|Meta’s Project Orion]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
== 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 [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] as a guest expert on technology news.<ref>{{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
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]]''.
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