Today, Google announced that it is starting to roll out Android 15 Beta 4, which is scheduled to be the final beta for Android 15. The next update we see should be the stable build which could come as soon as next month. It’d be a good guess to say that it’s coming on August 13 at the Google event.
This is the second Platform Stability release, which Google says “developer APIs and all app-facing behaviors are now final”. Though, Google could still release some patches for this beta, as we’ve seen with just about every beta so far for Android 15. Google also mentions that Android 15 removes the legacy PNG-based emoji font file. Back in Android 13, Google moved to a vector-based file, but did keep the old version around for a while, for compatibility reasons of course.
There is still quite a long list of “known issues” with this beta, which is surprising since it is the final one scheduled for Android 15.
Expect Android 15 to launch next month with Pixel 9
While we don’t know for sure, we do expect that the stable version of Android 15 will launch next month around the time of the Pixel 9 announcement. While Google hasn’t really kept the new version of Android for the new Pixels for quite some time now, it would be surprising to see Google announce four new Pixel devices on Android 15, when it’s not yet available.
Google could end up doing it similar to Apple with the iPhone. Where it announces the iPhone, pre-orders open that Friday, the following Monday the new version of iOS is available to everyone, with new iPhones shipping that Friday. At this Made By Google event, we’re expecting the company to launch the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, Pixel 9 Pro XL and Pixel 9 Pro Fold, as well as a few Pixel Watch 3 models.
2024-07-19 15:07:17