Google completed the Android 13 rollout on its Pixel devices last week, and it brings some significant improvements and features over Android 12. However, for those still enrolled in the Beta, the giant has promised Quarterly Platform Releases starting next month. For starters, these releases are to test future Pixel drop update features.
First spotted by our good friends over at Android Authority, Google recently made changes on its Android Beta page and added a line confirming Android 14 testing will start after March 2023.
Google previously said Android 14’s testing won’t start until June 2023, but the giant probably wants to avoid pushing updates to two beta programs.
In comparison, the first Android 13 Developer Preview shipped back in February this year, and the Beta started rolling out in April. This tells us that Google wants to fix the timeline and stick to April as THE time everyone should expect a new Android Beta to release.
The upgrade to Android 13 hasn’t been the smoothest so far, at least for Pixel 6 users, as a lot of them have reported heavy battery drain and a couple of bugs. While Google has stopped naming Android releases after desserts after Android 9.0 Pie, it hasn’t abandoned desserts completely. For example, Android 12 was codenamed Snow Cone, Android 13 Tiramisu, and rumors suggest Android 14 will be named Upside-down Cake. Sounds sweet.
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