The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Show me the facts Explain it like I’m 5 Give me a lighthearted recap Ahead of the holidays, Google is pushing out the ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. First of all, it might surprise you to hear that Google is releasing Android 16 DP1 today. After all, the first developer ...

Google LLC today released the first preview version of Android 16, the next major version of its mobile operation system. Developer previews provide individual developers and teams a first look at the ...

The first developer preview of Android 16 is here, and it comes with a handful of new features and plans for a quicker ...

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About a month ago, Google surprised us by releasing the first Android 16 developer preview barely a month after the stable Android 15 update came out. It began a much faster development timeline than ...

The highly anticipated Android 16 Developer Preview 1 has finally arrived, signaling a significant shift in the landscape of app development and testing. This release marks the beginning of a new era, ...

With Android 16 set to launch in the second quarter of 2025, Google is starting the Developer Preview for Pixel devices today. For the past five releases, Developer Previews have started in February.

It’s still hard to grasp this new world we are in now, with Google back to releasing multiple versions of Android in a single year, or at least letting us test them. But that’s the story to end 2024.

Google recently announced it was moving up the release timeline for Android 16 to the first half of 2025. With the accelerated schedule, that means it's already developer preview season. Yes, you can ...

With the release of the Android N Developer Preview, Google is finally making it easier to try out the latest and greatest version of Android on your Nexus device. Before today, you needed to manually ...

The still-unnamed Android M is only out in developer preview, but it seems aimed at cleaning up some of Lollipop's rough edges and addressing user complaints about how Android operates. Share on ...