Final month Google quietly revealed Android 15 can be arriving in October as a part of its launch notes for the Android Beta Exit replace – which is offered to individuals who have been testing the OS forward of its launch. Now a brand new report has revealed exactly when Android 15 may launch for Pixel gadgets: October 15.
This comes by way of Android Headlines that stories that the Android 15 launch date for Pixel 6 and later telephones, is coming 42 days after the working system’s supply code went up on the Android Open Supply Undertaking (AOSP). If appropriate, this may mark the longest delay between the AOSP launch and the replace being pushed to customers, beating Android 12’s 15-day delay.
The hope is that this prolonged wait time ought to result in Android 15 being so much much less buggy and extra secure when it lastly comes out in contrast with earlier variations.
Whereas the date does match up properly – a fifteenth of the month launch date for Android 15 – it’s nonetheless price taking it with a pinch of salt, as we advocate with all unofficial leaks. Android Headlines hasn’t revealed the way it found the October 15 date, and it itself admits that the date may very well be pushed if Google’s bug-squashing efforts don’t go based on plan.
It’s additionally price highlighting that October 15 is being reported because the Pixel launch date for Android 15. Samsung, OnePlus, and different Android OS gadget makers will nonetheless be making ready their very own variations of Android 15 to roll out to their telephones. Although given the lengthy delay time since being launched on AOSP there’s a very good probability these non-Google rollouts may observe extra rapidly behind the Pixel launch in contrast with earlier years.
The wait will likely be price it, nevertheless. Primarily based on the betas to date there have been some very neat options proven off, akin to…
A battery life enhance
Android OS updates additionally include refined tweaks and optimizations that may have a major impact on how your cellphone operates. One such improve was revealed by VP of Engineering for the Android Platform Dave Burke on the Android Devoted podcast earlier this yr; he defined that gadgets working Android 15 can swap to the low-power doze mode round 50% sooner than gadgets working Android 14.
The upshot of that is that Google noticed as a lot as three further hours between gadget recharges. Not each person will see as a lot of a battery life enhance, however even an hour – or simply half an hour further between fees may very well be an enormous helper for customers – particularly as a free replace.
Android 15 ought to see the return of lock display screen widgets (we’ve not seen them for the reason that Android 4 days), and the potential addition of a Communal House that enables a number of customers to share entry to apps on the lock display screen.
The draw back is we count on the number of apps that assist this characteristic at launch gained’t be probably the most widespread – maybe restricted to instruments like Google Calendar and Google Clock – although the delay between the AOSP launch and Pixel launch could imply a couple of different providers are able to assist lock display screen widgets at launch.
Non-public House
Taking a web page out of Samsung’s guide with its Safe Folder characteristic, Android 15 is including a local model known as Non-public House. It’s a folder for apps that requires a password, PIN, or biometrics to open. Any apps on this folder will likely be fully hidden from anybody who can’t open it.
Gemini upgrades
Google’s Gemini AI can be getting a couple of Android 15 enhancements as effectively. Ask Pictures makes it simpler to seek out outdated snaps utilizing extra pure language, and even use it to reply questions primarily based on footage you’ve taken.
Then there’s a brand new Gemini overlay that may reply questions on what it sees in your display screen. Whereas Gemini Nano will likely be an on-device model of Gemini that doesn’t have to share your info with a cloud – making it extra personal.