Judging by Google’s projected release timeline, the first public beta for Android 16 will be available in January 2025. A final public release is expected sometime after April, likely lining up with Google’s annual I/O event (which was held on May 14th this year ), where the company usually announces its latest Android updates and product features.

Yes, that's right. Just about a month after Android 15's official release, Google is already prepping Android 16. Here's the lowdown on what's new.

So, no, I don’t want my Chromebook to run Android. I just want those two functional products to coexist and improve in parallel. Google can have a pet project behind the scenes where it tries to merge the two, but I don’t want to hear about that until it has full feature parity with Chrome OS — otherwise, just keep it in the backroom.