Android Central ‘will continue’ despite laying off its staff
The Android-focused blog is still publishing posts even though all of its full-time staff were cut.
byJay Peters Oct 1, 2026, 3:20 PM EDT
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Android Central, a blog focused on the Android ecosystem, laid off its staff yesterday, but owner Future confirms to The Verge that the site will continue publishing.
Yesterday, four of the six staffers on Android Central’s staff page posted publicly about the layoffs, including Shruti Shekar, Derrek Lee, Harish Jonnalagadda, and Nicholas Sutrich, and former senior editor Namerah Saud Fatmi updated her LinkedIn to indicate that her tenure at Android Central had ended. Both Lee, the site’s managing editor, and Sutrich confirmed that all remaining staff were laid off.
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The former staffers weren’t told whether the site would shut down. Today, new posts have been published to the site, though are from the site’s freelance contributors rather than the previous full-time staffers.
“Future will continue to publish Android Central. We’ll share further information about the future of the site in due course,” Future spokesperson Nicole Martineau tells The Verge, adding: “We will not be providing any further comment at this time.”
Android Police, another Android-focused blog, also laid off at least two staffers recently. The site currently lists an editorial team of four people. Valnet, which owns Android Police and previously purchased The Verge’s sister site Polygon, didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.
