2 days Ago By Abner Li
With the release of Android 16 DP1 , Google shared the schedule for the Developer Preview and upcoming Beta. There are two developer previews, with the only other DP coming in December: Developer Preview 1 (November): Early baseline build focused on developer feedback, with some new features, APIs, and behavior changes. Developer Preview 2 (December): Incremental update with additional features, APIs, and behavior changes.
The Android 16 Beta will start in January. Platform Stability with “final SDK/NDK APIs and also final internal APIs and app-facing system behaviors” is coming with Beta 3 in March. Afterwards, “you’ll have several months before the official release to do your final testing.
” Beta 4 should be the final release before the public launch. That’s notably a month before Google I/O’s usual timeframe. It’s unclear how Google will announce consumer-facing features this cycle.
Beta 1 (January): Initial beta-quality release, over-the-air update to early adopters who enroll in Android Beta. Beta 2 (February): Incremental Beta-quality release. Beta 3 (March): First Platform Stability milestone including final APIs and behaviors.
Play publishing also opens. Beta 4 (April): Near-final builds for final testing. Final release : Android 16 release to AOSP and ecosystem.
More details on the Android 16 release timeline for developers is available here ..
