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Here's how Google was able to move up Android 16's release date

www.androidauthority.com Here's how Google was able to move up Android 16's release date

Android 16 will be released a few months earlier than usual, and that's thanks to the efforts that Google put into its trunk stable project.

Here's how Google was able to move up Android 16's release date
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  • TL;DR

    • Google announced that the next major version of Android (Android 16) will be released in Q2 of 2025, which is several months earlier than usual.
    • Google’s VP and GM of the Android Platform told me in an interview how the company was able to move the release forward by so much.
    • The Android trunk stable project gave Google confidence that it could roll out updates faster and more frequently without breaking things.

    Interview video link: https://youtu.be/ODqTy903fZM