We are about to enter August and Google is expected to finally roll out the full version of Android 15. The search giant unveil The company will launch its new Pixel flagships on August 13, and these new smartphones are expected to be among the first to run a stable Android 15 update. Ahead of their launch, the company is rolling out the fourth and perhaps final beta version of Android 15.
Android 15 beta 4 is now available for users
Android 15 beta 2 added new features like private spaces, a more efficient AV1 video decoder, and more. Then beta 3 finalized the APIs, allowing developers to start testing with the new additions and deprecated features. Now, with beta 4, the only notable change is that Google has discontinued the PNG-based emoji font. Since Android 13, the system supports vector emojis. The old PNG version of the font was kept for compatibility reasons. Now, the feature is deprecated. App developers will have plenty of time to migrate to the new vector format.
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Apps targeting Android 15 can now arrive on the Google Play Store. Users who install the beta version of the operating system can download the new versions. Alternatively, they can wait a couple more weeks for the stable version.
Here is the full list of supported devices:
- Pixel 6
- Pixel 6 Pro
- Pixel 6a
- Pixel 7
- Pixel 7 Pro
- Pixel 7a
- Pixel Tablet
- Pixel fold
- Pixel 8
- Pixel 8 Pro
- Pixel 8a
These devices are in the beta program and hence are likely to be the first to get the stable Android 15. The stable rollout will happen on August 13, and we expect Android OEMs to share their update plans soon after the stable rollout. Samsung, for example, is already testing its Android 15-based One UI 7.0 internally. Similarly, OnePlus has released beta 2 for the OnePlus 12 and Open, and Honor is testing the update with the Magic6 Pro and Magic V2.
Android 15 is, for the most part, an incremental update to Android 14 with some quality of life improvements. It’s not revolutionary in terms of features and doesn’t change the formula or design we’ve been using since Android 12.