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Google surprisingly announced Android 15’s first developer preview on a Friday. It’s not something that they’ve ever done before, but here we are. We now also have the release timeline for Android 15, which tells us how many developer previews and how many betas to expect.
According to Google, we’ll get two Developer Previews, with the first Beta coming in April. There will be four betas – April, May, June, and July. And the final release will come after that. This year, Google is actually not including a month for the final release, so we could see this go stable as soon as August. In previous years, we’ve seen the stable release come around October or September. So, really, anywhere between August and October sounds plausible.
These are going to be the full developer previews and betas. We could see dot updates for each beta, as we’ve seen more recently with the Android 14 release cycle last year, as well as some of the QPR beta cycles.
What to expect with Android 15?
So far, Google isn’t letting the cat out of the bag for Android 15. Google is focusing on privacy and security, supporting creators, and performance. Google is improving user privacy and security with a number of new APIs and updates to current ones. While also adding support for developers to take advantage of high-end camera hardware, for instance being able to use low-light features in their app. And finally, Google is making it easier for apps to manage heat and processing power.
You might be wondering why Google released Android 15 so early if none of the new features are really included. This is all about developers, hence the name of this release. Google wants to get the developer preview out early, so developers have plenty of time to update their apps for Android 15 with the new APIs and also give Google feedback on these new APIs. As they will change between now and June when they are finalized.