Early this month, a rumor claimed Google would launch Android 16 earlier than its predecessors. Today Google itself confirmed this.
Android 16, the final version, will be released in the second quarter of next year, so between April and June. The company says it’s doing this “to better align with the schedule of device launches” in the Android ecosystem.
This year the Pixel 9 family arrived in August with Android 14 on board, even though Google was already working on Android 15 – what eventually came true a few weeks ago. If Google manages to release Android 16 before the end of June, Pixel 10 devices will launch with it from day one, but so will Samsung’s next generation of foldables, which should go official in July.
Interestingly, Google says there will be a second Android release in 2025, this one coming in the fourth quarter (October to December), but it will be a “minor release” that will “pick up feature updates, optimizations and bug fixes since then.” ‘. the big release”. To us, this sounds like we’ll be getting Android 16.1 this time next year.