Android 16 release schedule set, Beta starts in January

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:

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.

More details on the Android 16 release timeline for developers is available here.

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