Google accidentally releases Android 11 developer preview.

An Android Phone with Android Apps
Photo by Rami Al-zayat on Unsplash


Before the official release of any new Android version, Google first tests the developer preview and then beta and then officially releases the stable version to the public, the developer preview is for app developers to tune their apps to perfectly work on Android 11 devices and take advantage of the new features made by Google.

Beta program is for general public and reviewers who wants to get their hands on the new Android version to experience what's new and give a feedback to Google, Google reveals all the features of a new Android version at the Google i/o that happens every year, this year Google i/o will happen on 14th May.

Google usually releases the fully stable version of a new Android in August or September every year, the initial devices to first get the new Android will be Pixel devices which are manufactured and sold by Google. Google released the first developer preview of Android 10 on Mar 13th last year, and it seems like Android 11's first developer preview will be released much earlier than Android 10's developer preview.

Android 11 preview developer page
Image: Android Police


Android Police noticed the accidental release of the Android 11 developer preview which later was quickly taken down by Google. The links for the list of new features and the pages to register devices are not updated in the developer preview page, the developer page now redirects to the Android 10 developer preview page.

Android Police notes that someone at Google may simply flipped a switch before things were ready. We may not get Android 11 developer preview in the coming days but we may get the developer preview for Android 11 much quicker than we did for Android 10, Google changed it's naming scheme for Android versions, it used to name them after desserts but stopped that tradition from Android 10 where it also made tweaks to the Android logo, are you ready for Android 11 yet? 
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