Not exact matches
Once the company makes this OS official, it will start rolling out developer
preview versions, probably up to five, before the
stable release of the OS follows later in fall this year.
When Valve originally announced the
preview release of 2.0, it noted that SteamOS 1.0 Alchemist was still considered the
stable release.
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It will first be offered as the developer
preview and will make the
release stronger and more
stable.
With this
release, Google is essentially saying that the latest Android O developer
preview 4 is
stable enough to work on your Pixel and Nexus devices as a daily driver without any major hiccups.
After several
previews, Android Studio 2.0 has finally been
released to the
stable channel.
Being that this is a
preview build, you shouldn't expect it to be a
stable release.
Since it is beta edition of Android N, it is said to be more
stable than the two Developer
Previews that were
released earlier.
The second developer
preview build is scheduled for an early May
release and the OS is meant to hit the
stable channel by late summer, according to Google «s official Android P roadmap.
The most recent
preview hit on July 18, so mid-to-late August is a decent bet for a
stable Nougat
release on supported Nexus devices, as well as an open - source code drop to AOSP (the Android Open Source Project.)
The developer
previews had a lot to showcase, but as usual, it is rare to come across all features showcased in these initial
releases when the first
stable version comes out.
As stated by Hryb on his blog,
preview testers will be getting an early version of Cortana before the new year commences, with an intent of delivering the assistant to the public after the new dashboard has been
released, and has proved to be
stable.
Still, the company's pledge confirms that the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL will receive Android P next year, Android Q in 2019, and Android R in 2020, at least provided that Google sticks to its established OS
release pattern and continues debuting first developer
previews of major updates in spring before rolling out
stable OS builds in late summer or early fall.
The
stable release follows two developer
previews, which means for Android users who were part of the beta program, the new update should already look and feel pretty familiar.