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 obtainable 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 reviews 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 right, this might 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 rather a lot much less buggy and extra steady 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 suggest with all unofficial leaks. Android Headlines hasn’t revealed the way it found the October 15 date, and it itself admits that the date could possibly be pushed if Google’s bug-squashing efforts don’t go in response to 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 getting 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 likelihood these non-Google rollouts might comply with extra shortly behind the Pixel launch in contrast with earlier years.
The wait will probably be price it, nevertheless. Primarily based on the betas up to now there have been some very neat options proven off, equivalent to…
A battery life increase
Android OS updates additionally include delicate tweaks and optimizations that may have a big 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 change 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 consumer will see as a lot of a battery life increase, however even an hour – or simply half an hour further between prices could possibly be a large 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 because the Android 4 days), and the attainable addition of a Communal House that permits a number of customers to share entry to apps on the lock display screen.
The draw back is we anticipate the collection of apps that help this function at launch received’t be essentially 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 just a few different companies are able to help lock display screen widgets at launch.
Non-public House
Taking a web page out of Samsung’s guide with its Safe Folder function, Android 15 is including a local model referred to 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 probably be fully hidden from anybody who can’t open it.
Gemini upgrades
Google’s Gemini AI can also be getting just a few Android 15 enhancements as properly. Ask Photographs makes it simpler to search out previous snaps utilizing extra pure language, and even use it to reply questions based mostly 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 probably be an on-device model of Gemini that doesn’t must share your data with a cloud – making it extra personal.
