PANews reported on March 27 that according to Android Authority, for many years, the Android system's development process has been open to the public, allowing outsiders to view Google's work progress. However, this is about to change, as Google confirmed they will begin developing the Android operating system entirely within internal branches. The report stated that for some time, Google has been secretly developing most Android components in its "internal branches", with the AOSP branch (Android Open Source Project) only containing certain other aspects of the Android framework (including Bluetooth, kernel, and other core components). As a result, the current state of AOSP differs significantly from Google's internal version, and developers and others have had to wait for Google to release the public version to obtain all new changes. Closed-door development may simplify the process and prevent conflicts during branch merging. Google also confirmed that the company remains committed to releasing Android's source code, so this change does not mean Android will become a closed-source platform.