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Android 15’s first developer preview is now available

is finally underway, with the development team releasing the over the weekend. at Google, the Android 15 Developer Preview 1 is now available for early first-looks, allowing developers to test and give feedback about the operating system before it goes live. The team maintaining Android 15 said that February 2024 marks the first of its two developer previews, before moving into its beta testing phase around April. The final beta phase begins in July or August 2024, with the official release of Android 15 coming after that. That means that the public-ready version of Android 15 isn’t available until Q3 or Q4 2024, so there’s no rush to get the operating system if you’re not an app developer.  For now, most of the new features coming to Android 15 benefit app developers who need better interoperability between their apps and the operating system. listed down. In summary, an average user can expect things like partial screen sharing, better app performance, a better way to manage health and fitness data, and more. We’ll have a better laundry list of new features when Android has made it more concrete in the coming months, or if they choose to announce it during this year's developer conference, Google I/O. There’s a little catch. The first preview is available only on Google Pixel phones for now, which isn’t surprising since Google would want to have its own devices capable of supporting the operating system before others. The following are the Pixel devices that can get hold of the Android 15 Developer Preview: You can use the or manually grab factory images from the to get a headstart on your testing. Alternatively, you can through an emulator. Please note that you install only if you are an app developer or OS tester, because these . Source: ,