Android 14 has been within the beta section for a lot of months now, and Google initially made us consider that the ultimate, steady launch would come out in some unspecified time in the future in August, similar to it did final yr with Android 13. Not so, nonetheless, as some extra betas have been added to the discharge cycle, at which level just about everybody within the tech world assumed the steady model can be coming in September.
Nicely, about that. Yesterday was Labor Day within the US, and which means a Google software program replace ought to be popping out right now (these are typically going out on the primary Monday of every month except that is a US vacation, like yesterday, wherein case they get delayed to the following day). But it surely might not be Android 14. Rumor now has it that Google has delayed the steady launch to October, on the final minute.
Listening to now that the supply code launch of Android 14 has been delayed to subsequent month.
This determination appears to have been made very late, as even OEMs have been anticipating that the discharge can be right now.
OEMs at the moment are being instructed that vulnerabilities detailed within the Android 14… pic.twitter.com/I137j0F0x5
— Mishaal Rahman (@MishaalRahman) September 5, 2023
As you’ll be able to see, it’s now allegedly scheduled to come back out on October 4, which by the way is the date of Google’s subsequent huge {hardware} announcement, when it is anticipated to totally unveil the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Professional, and Pixel Watch 2. That will create a relatively unprecedented state of affairs – new Google releases are normally launched not less than a month, if not two, forward of the brand new {hardware}.
It is completely unclear why this delay occurred, however issues have not been going properly within the Android 14 world for a number of weeks now – we suspected one thing was off when Google rapidly launched a not-before-anticipated fifth beta. Now it appears to be like like regardless of the underlying drawback is, it hasn’t been totally addressed (or fastened) but.
Apparently, even Google’s cellphone making companions thought the discharge would come right now, therefore why a few of them – considering of OnePlus right here – even introduced their very own Android 14 steady releases coming later this month. We aren’t positive what is going to occur to that promise now.
After all, that is all a rumor, and Google nonetheless has time to show it flawed by releasing Android 14 earlier than October 4. Let’s examine what occurs.
