Google may release Android 16 much earlier than expected

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• Google may be planning to release Android 16 in Q2 of 2025.
• This would be unusual for Google, which usually releases major Android versions in August, September, or October.
• The release date of Android 16 hasn’t been confirmed yet, though.

Without fail, Google releases a new version of Android every year. This year’s version is Android 15, and its source code went public back at the beginning of the month. If you look back at the history of Android version releases, you’ll find that Google typically schedules these major releases for Q3 or Q4 of a given year. Google now looks to be significantly moving up Android’s release cycle, as evidence suggests it could launch Android 16 sometime in Q2 of 2025.

Google has typically released major new Android versions during the months of August, September, or October. Android 15, for example, arrived just earlier this month. Last year’s Android 14 update came out in early October. Meanwhile, 2022’s Android 13 update showed up in August. You have to go back to 2012’s Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release to find an Android version that didn’t land in August, September, or October.




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