Lineage OS is the premier custom Android ROM, and one of its best features is that it is constantly evolving. The distributed team has added sixteen new phones and tablets from a few vendors in the last few weeks. Here are the phones that have been added to the list, or jumped from Lineage 17.1 ...


Lineage OS is the premier custom Android ROM, and one of its best features is that it is constantly evolving. The distributed team has added sixteen new phones and tablets from a few vendors in the last few weeks.
Here are the phones that have been added to the list, or jumped from Lineage 17.1 to 18.1, based on Android 11. Some :
To install Lineage, you’ll need to unlock the bootloader on your phone, install a custom recovery like TWRP, then load up the custom ROM file. Most users will also want to flash Gapps at the same time to get access to the Play Store and other Google services. Take note, while Lineage is great and its interface is fast and smooth, almost all builds are classified as “nightlies,” so a few bugs are to be expected.
Robert Haba is the founder and editor-in-chief of Droid Tools. A lifelong gadget enthusiast with over a decade following the Android ecosystem, he built this publication to cut through the noise and give readers honest, real-world coverage of the tech they actually use.

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