Android 12 could also be launched on October 4th, in keeping with an inner doc shared by XDA Developers. The subsequent model of Google’s cellular working system options the brand new Material You visible design and has been in public beta since May.

The doc is utilized by Google to tell OEM companions when it should cease approving software program builds for the assorted variations of Android (which it does for each software program replace to take care of compatibility with Google Mobile Services), in keeping with XDA Developers. October 4th is the date Google lists because the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) launch of Android 12 within the doc. XDA editor-in-chief Mishaal Rahman notes that these AOSP launch dates sometimes fall on the identical day because the launch of a steady launch of Android 12 for patrons. You can see Rahman’s tweet containing a screenshot of the doc under:

There’s a straightforward technique to lend credence to that October 4th date: evaluate the discharge dates of Android 11 and Android 10 to what the doc comprises. The steady model of Android 10 was launched out of beta on September third, 2019, identical to the doc lists. September eighth, 2020, the day Google says was the AOSP launch of Android 11, was additionally the identical day the software program was launched to the general public. That’s not laborious affirmation, but it surely does make October 4th, 2021 appear much more seemingly as an Android 12 launch date.

Targeting some date in October would additionally put Android 12 within the basic ballpark of when Google is predicted to lastly announce (as in cease teasing and truly element) the Pixel 6. Rumors spun out of Google’s personal advertising and marketing goal October nineteenth for the launch of Google’s flagship. Starting the rollout of Android 12 a few weeks earlier than definitely looks like a chance.