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.
  • limerod@reddthat.comOPMEnglish
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    16 days ago

    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