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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, editorials. ''Android Central'' also covers [[Google]], [[Android TV]] and streaming, [[Wear OS|Wear]] [[Wear OS|OS]], [[ChromeOS|Chrome OS]], [[Gemini (chatbot)|Gemini]], and [[Android XR]] and [[Virtual reality|VR]] devices in the [[Meta Quest|MetaQuest]] range. The site received 4.7 million visitors in January 2025, according to [[Similarweb|SimilarWeb]].<ref>{{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]]}}</ref>
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 2024, the site published a series of exclusives on [[Project Orion|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>▼
== 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 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}}</ref> 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 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}}</ref> for $60 million.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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== Editorial leadership and notable staff ==
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