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Android smartphone is a touchscreen mobile device with its operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, built primarily for smartphones and tablets. Google commercially sponsors Android, which is created by a group of developers known as the Open Handset Alliance. It debuted in November 2007 with the release of the first commercial Android smartphone , the Nexus One.

The source code has been used to develop variants of Android on a range of other electronics, such as game consoles, digital cameras, portable media players, PCs, and others, each with a specialized user interface. Some well-known derivatives include Android TV for televisions and Wear OS for wearables, both developed by Google.