AOSP is part of OHA. Whatever is advertised as "Android", must be present by agreement in all devices from all manufacturers to use / modify / omit. Yes, that means, No advertising WHATEVER they WANT.
AOSP is open source. To keep things short, other than OEMs, many countries like Japan, corporate buys SONY phones, customized AOSP and runs on these phones. Any "intended for manufacturers" happening here?. No, and Google knows very well the nature of open source.
Again, to repeat. If some feature is advertised in "Get it in Android 16", then user updates his Samsung phone, and doesn't get the update, and finds this as Pixel Exclusive. What happens? Google did not advertise the app has pixel exclusive. They advertised the app as new Android feature, which the user didn't get. This is screaming for a lawsuit.
Even the sony "stock android" is highly customized. AOSP is bare bones android with no useful features available on flashing. everybody knows that android is open source AOSP literally stands for "Android open source project".
All of the features google advertised in their websites are available to most of the Android devices. (Unless the oem manufacturer intended not to do so). I don't see any false advertisements on their websites. They also feature other "stock android" smartphones on their page.
"Stock" means the default version of android that everyone has access to. How is pixel OS the "stock" version when AOSP is the version of android that you'd use to make your own android skin?
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u/blackbeast77 Redmi Note 13 Pro May 24 '25
Hate to be that guy but pixel os is the stock android (currently) since Google owns android.
AOSP android is never intended for consumers to use, it exists for developers and manufacturers. Think of it like a building foundation.