Android Release History

All Android releases 16 versions

• Android 17 Latest Jun 16, 2026 View Details →

  Android 17 Beta 1 is now available for development and testing on select Pixel devices and the Android Emulator.

• Android 16 Jun 3, 2025 View Details →

  Android 16 advances the platform's privacy and security posture while introducing enhanced experiences for tablets and foldables through improved media…

• Android 15 Oct 15, 2024 View Details →

  Android 15 advances platform privacy and security while introducing new APIs for media, camera, and improved tablet/foldable experiences.

• Android 14 Oct 4, 2023 View Details →

  Android 14 introduces over 60 new features focused on camera and media capabilities, user privacy, and personalization.

• Android 13 Aug 15, 2022 View Details →

  Android 13 prioritizes user privacy with new photo picker and notification permission APIs, while introducing developer productivity features like themed app…

• Android 12L Mar 7, 2022 View Details →

  Android 12L is a feature drop optimizing Android 12 for tablets and foldable devices with refined system UI, powerful multitasking capabilities via a new…

• Android 12 Oct 4, 2021 View Details →

  Android 12 introduces Material You, a dynamic design system enabling personalized, expressive UIs, alongside significant privacy enhancements including Privacy…

• Android 11 Sep 8, 2020 View Details →

  Android 11 prioritizes user privacy with scoped file access, one-time permissions, and enhanced permission controls while introducing people-centric features…

• Android 10 Sep 3, 2019 View Details →

  Android 10 introduces significant privacy enhancements, gesture-based navigation, and dark theme support that developers must implement.

• Android 9 Pie Aug 6, 2018 View Details →

  Android 9 Pie introduces AI-driven system intelligence that adapts to user patterns while delivering improved performance and speed.

• Android 8.0 Oreo Aug 21, 2017 View Details →

  Android 8.0 Oreo introduces significant developer capabilities including Picture-in-Picture, Notification Channels, and the Autofill Framework while…

• Android 7.0 Nougat Aug 22, 2016 View Details →

  Android 7.0 Nougat introduces significant performance and power efficiency improvements through Doze mode enhancements, background execution limits, and…

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow Oct 5, 2015 View Details →

  Android 6.0 Marshmallow introduces runtime permissions, shifting from install-time to runtime permission grants for improved user privacy and control.

• Android 5.0 Lollipop Nov 12, 2014 View Details →

  Android 5.0 Lollipop is the largest Android release to date, introducing Material Design, the ART runtime for significantly improved performance, and thousands…

• Android 4.4 KitKat Oct 31, 2013 View Details →

  Android 4.4 KitKat democratizes Android across device tiers by optimizing memory usage for 512MB devices while introducing enterprise-grade capabilities like…

• Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Jul 9, 2012 View Details →

  Android 4.3 Jelly Bean delivers significant performance optimizations through hardware-accelerated 2D rendering, OpenGL ES 3.0 support, and GPU compute…