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Google has announced the availability of the first developer preview release for Android 16. Developer previews, for those who are unfamiliar, are made available so developers can test their apps to ...

Google LLC today released the first preview version of Android 16, the next major version of its mobile operation system. Developer previews provide individual developers and teams a first look at the ...

After announcing that Android L would support 64-bit hardware way back in June, Google has finally released a 64-bit Android L developer preview emulator image. Curiously, though, it's a 64-bit image ...

If you're an Android fan, you might be used to the typical rollout for Android developer previews: Google usually drops the first preview in February, so the fact that the company seeded Android 16's ...

About a month ago, Google surprised us by releasing the first Android 16 developer preview barely a month after the stable Android 15 update came out. It began a much faster development timeline than ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. It’s still hard to grasp this new world we are in now, with Google back to releasing multiple versions of ...

Well ahead of its usual schedule, Google has just released the first preview of Android 16. This initial developer preview isn’t meant for the general user, but it’s freely available to anyone who ...