With Beta 4.2 two weeks ago, Google has completed testing of Android 15 and is already moving on to QPR1. However, a new report today says that Android 15 will not roll out to Pixel devices until October.
Update: The downgrade message from Android 15 Beta 4.2 to Android 14 (via Android Authority) confirmed that the stable launch of Android 15 will not take place until October.
NOTE: If you are waiting for the stable Android 15 update, please ignore this OTA until Android 15 is available in October.
Accordingly Android Authoritythe Android 15 Pixel update won't be available until October, “possibly even mid-month.” The publication is confident it won't arrive next month, with Android 15 “apparently being held back to improve its stability.”
If this is the case, the Pixel 9 series (and all other phones) should receive Android 14 with the September 2024 security patch next month.
Since Android 15 Beta 4 served as the “last scheduled update” in July — with that wording taking patches into account — some assumed it could be available as early as August. The expectation then shifted to September, especially after Google released Beta 4.2 and provided instructions to wait for the “final public stable version of Android 15 (AP3A) coming soon.”
In the meantime, Google is already testing Android 15 QPR1 ahead of a December release.
As of Beta 4.2, which has now been released for the Pixel 9 and 9 Pro XL, Android 15 runs fairly stable for us. The delay is therefore surprising.
This comes as the Pixel 9 series ships with Android 14, with Google backporting some features introduced during Beta 15. Android 15 itself isn't the biggest update, but there are some big additions like Private Space, a new Material You volume panel, and tweaks to the widget picker.
In the meantime, A.A. also reports that Android 15 will arrive on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) next week. While this milestone usually coincides with the Pixel's release, the big exception was a 15-day gap between the Android 12 source code release and the Pixel update. This year's gap seems to be pretty far in advance.
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