The issue gets confusing because android is often used to refer to specific phone hardware made by Motorola in addition to the programming running on the phone. You can find out more about these phones at the Motorola site.
So the apps made by many different people run on the android operating system made by Google which runs on the phone hardware made by Motorola which connects to the AT&T or Verizon or ... network.
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