{"id":377896,"date":"2021-12-07T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-is-stock-android\/"},"modified":"2021-12-07T20:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T17:00:21","slug":"what-is-stock-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-stock-android\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Is \u201cStock Android\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f783029507\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f783029507\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-stock-android\/#Stock_Android_Is_Technically_AOSP\" >Stock Android Is Technically AOSP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-stock-android\/#Stock_Android_as_a_Skin\" >Stock Android as a Skin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-is-stock-android\/#Google_Pixel_Phones_Do_Not_Run_Stock_Android\" >Google Pixel Phones Do Not Run Stock Android<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#What Is \u201cStock Android\u201d?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-760141\" data-pagespeed-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/android-robot-standing-on-laptop.png?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/android-robot-standing-on-laptop.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/android-robot-standing-on-laptop.png?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Android robot on keyboard.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/new-york-usa-july-2-2018-1137339098\">quietbits\/Shutterstock<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You may have heard the term \u201cStock Android\u201d thrown around in the smartphone world. People usually use this term to describe the user experience on a phone. However, the meaning of \u201cStock Android\u201d has changed over the years.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stock_Android_Is_Technically_AOSP\"><\/span>Stock Android Is Technically AOSP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-769525\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/AOSP.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"AOSP Android 12\" width=\"650\" height=\"385\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">AOSP Android 12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We should start with what \u201cStock Android\u201d is at the core. The term has come to mean a few things, but there is just one technical definition.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, stock Android is Android at its most basic level. Stock Android is the foundation that every Android phone and tablet is built on. It includes many of the core Android features you\u2019re familiar with, but not all of them.<\/p>\n<p>When we say \u201cbasic,\u201d we really mean <em>basic<\/em>. Stock Android doesn\u2019t include any Google <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>s or fancy customizations. It\u2019s simply a starting point for manufacturers like Samsung to add their own features and customizations. It\u2019s also used by developers to test their apps and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>Another term that you may have heard in relation to this form of Android is \u201cAOSP.\u201d That stands for the Android Open-Source Project. Both of these terms refer to the most basic version of Android you can have, with entirely the open-source code from AOSP. Technically speaking, phones do not run \u201cStock Android\u201d or \u201cAOSP.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Stock_Android_as_a_Skin\"><\/span>Stock Android as a Skin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/10\/aaa1e0aa.png?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Android 12 rollout\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-credittext=\"Google\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Android 12 for Google Pixels <span class=\"imagecredit\">Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Okay, so if phones aren\u2019t really running the true definition of stock Android or AOSP, why is the term used so much? It has a lot to do with the early days of Android and Google Nexus devices.<\/p>\n<p>In the beginning, Google\u2019s own phones and the first few Motorola DROID phones ran software that was very, very close to AOSP. The major difference was the devices included Google apps. Other Android phones on the market\u2014especially those from HTC\u2014had their own custom skins.<\/p>\n<p>As time went on, Google stuck with this basic software. The company eventually released \u201cNexus\u201d phones, which many considered to run \u201cStock Android\u201d simply because it was so much closer to AOSP than other devices. Even then, though, the Nexus software was not technically \u201cstock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why you often hear people refer to Google Pixel devices as running stock Android. It\u2019s a leftover term from past Google devices. In reality, the software on Pixel phones looks drastically different than AOSP. Pixel devices have many features that are not present in the real \u201cStock Android.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>What Are Android Skins?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Google_Pixel_Phones_Do_Not_Run_Stock_Android\"><\/span>Google Pixel Phones Do Not Run Stock Android<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-714498\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/android-12-logo-on-a-google-pixel-5-ground-htg.jpg?trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Android 12 logo on a Google Pixel 5\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A lot of the confusion comes from there not being a definitive name for the software on Pixel devices. Samsung has One UI, OnePlus has OxygenOS, HTC has Sense UI, and other manufacturers have their own names for skins.<\/p>\n<p>Google has a name for the <em>design language<\/em> on Pixel devices\u2014\u201cMaterial You\u201d\u2014but not the skin itself. There\u2019s no \u201cPixel UI\u201d or \u201cGoogle UI\u201d listed in the About Phone section. So people have simply continued to call it \u201cStock Android\u201d when it really isn\u2019t anything close to that.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that Pixel software is <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly \u201cclean\u201d and doesn\u2019t have an overwhelming number of features like some other skins\u2014Samsung One UI, for example. But that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s stock Android.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Android&#8217;s &#8220;Material You&#8221; Theming Is Great, but Don&#8217;t Expect Samsung to Use It<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Stock Android is the foundation for all the different forms of Android you see out in the world. It\u2019s not a skin like One UI, and it\u2019s not what runs on Google Pixel phones. Just think of stock Android as a pizza crust without any toppings. 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