While some phones are still getting Android 10, Google’s already released the Android 11 beta.
While we’re still expecting the public Android 11 to roll out toward the end of 2020, everyone can finally get an early look now that the public beta has launched.
While developer previews have given app devs early access to Android 11 since February, anyone with a Pixel 2 or newer phone in Google’s Pixel family can download the beta and see for themselves what new features are coming.
The official reveal of Android 11 was going to happen on June 3, but that date has now been pushed back. Typically it would have landed at Google IO 2020 in May, but that event got canceled. But out of sensitivity for the global protests, Google simply decided to forgo an announcement event and just release the beta online with a blog post. pushed backthat event got canceled
The 2020 Android update is set to be called Android 11 – that’s not speculation, but fact, since Google has confirmed the name itself. This follows, because with Android 10 Google pledged to follow a numerical system of operating system organisation.confirmedAndroid 10
That means while Android 9 was Android Pie, Android 10 wasn’t Android Quiche, and Android 11 won’t be Android Rhubarb and Custard (sadly) or Android Rocky Road — but it will be packed with updates and, likely, a few long-awaited features.
We’ve already started hearing rumors and news surrounding the upcoming Android operating system. Here we’ll collect everything we know about Android 11.
Update: The Android 11 beta has arrived! Now anyone can download the public beta.has arrivedWhat you need to know about Android 10Android 10What is it? The newest Android operating systemWhen is it out? Likely September 2020, at least on Pixel phonesHow much will it cost? Android 11 will be available for free
Google tends to unveil some of the features of its newest operating system at Google IO in May, before releasing the OS for Pixel phones with an Android 11 release date of sometime in September – in 2019, for example, it debuted on the Pixel 4. Google IOPixel 4
We know that Google IO 2020 isn’t happening in 2020 thanks to coronavirus concerns. Having originally booked an replacement online event for June 3, Google has now decided that isn’t happening either. In the end, the Android team simply decided to release the beta on June 10 via a blog post and a series of developer-focused videos.an replacement online eventthat isn’t happening eitherrelease the beta
Subsequent betas will land in July and then August, followed by the finished release probably in September.
After that, different smartphone brands will have their devices eligible for the update slowly over time. The OnePlus 7T and 7T Pro were the first non-Google smartphones which came with Android 10 in the box, but it could be a different company for Android 11. OnePlus 7T7T Pro
Not all smartphone manufacturers upgrade immediately, however, and it’ll likely be some time in 2021 that all smartphones that can upgrade, have had the upgrade made available.
While we’ve finally gotten our official look at the Android 11 public beta, that version typically doesn’t have all the features introduced in previous developer betas. Ergo, we’re still examining what’s come out of the various Android 11 Developer Previews, the first of which was unveiled to software developers in mid-February 2020.
