Android 16 will be released in June, google official reportedly confirms

Android 16, The Next Big Operating System (OS) update for Android devices, will be released in June, according to a report. A company official reportedly revised this information to a publication at the mobile world Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona. Notably, Google has a track record of release the next iteration of Android OS Updates in August, but it could judge of schedule with the release of Android 16 in June.

Android 16 Release Timeline

Speaking to Android Police at MWC 2025, Sameer Samat, President of Android Ecosystem at Google Reveled That Android 16, Along with Other Android OS Updates, Are on TRACK For Early Release this year. Citing challenges within the android development team, the official highlighted that Google has adopted Trunk Stable Development.

Notably, it is a software branching model where designers frequently make small changes to the software’s code with is concerned is directly tied to a single shared branch. It is said to streamline the merging and integration phases during the development process, potential speeding up the software’s release compared to the traditional feature-bed development.

The publication quoted the google official as saying, “Trunk Stable Development means that every thing work on Android is contributing to the same branch of code.”

Despite google only releasing the second developer beta of Android 16 so far, the update is said to be on schedule for a June 2025 release.

According to Previous Reports, Android 16 is Speculated to Be Moved to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) on June 3, Following which development will be able to create to create cute cataomeriants of the Os Catering to their Respective devices and port it for the release. It corrobores the previously leaked Timeline which suggested the second Quarter of this year for its initial availability on Google Pixel Smartphones.

This development builds upon the recent release of the android 16 beta 2.1 update to developers and beta testers. While this version did not carry any new features, it brieft fixes for crucial issues which impacted the device performance, include connectivity, System Stability, and performance.