Google Releases Final Version of Android 15 Beta, Official Version of Android 15 to Be Launched Next Month

Today, Google has released the fourth test version of Android 15 to developers and users participating in the test, which is also the final version of the Android 15 Beta, as the official version of Android 15 is set to be released next month.

In a blog post, Google stated that Android 15 Beta 4 is the second Platform Stability milestone, meaning the developer APIs and all app-facing behaviors are final, and apps targeting Android 15 are now available from Google Play.

Google typically releases the new version of Android around August each year, and they take the release schedule for Android quite seriously. This is because the Pixel launch event is scheduled for August 15th.

The new Pixel series devices will come with the Android 15 series version, so Google must complete the official version of Android 15 before the Pixel launch. In other words, because Android 15 is to be released in August, the Pixel launch event has also been moved to August, whereas previously, launch events were held in October.

The main platform features of Android 15 include predictive background animations, low-light enhancement auto-exposure mode in the camera app, detection of apps recording, the ability to share selected parts of the screen, remote views with live content, and more.

Nowadays, whether it's Windows, iOS, or Android, the annual updates actually feature fewer and fewer new functions that are particularly noteworthy. After all, releasing a major version update each year makes it difficult to introduce too many innovative features. Now, each system is learning from the others, which in some ways could be considered homogenization.

Finally, after the official version of Android 15 is released, Google Pixel devices will be the first to receive the update as usual. Third-party OEMs will need to adapt through AOSP, and the actual push to users might not happen until next spring.

Typically, it's the flagship devices that will receive the upgrade. Within the Android OEM ecosystem, the speed of adopting new versions is slow, and the coverage is limited. Many models hardly receive any feature updates after their release. For users, it seems that apart from purchasing a new phone, the only other option is to flash and install a third-party version.