- Thanks to Google’s preponed release timeline, Android 16 has been out for Pixels since June.
- Samsung also launched phones with stable One UI 8 in July. The company has confirmed that more Galaxy devices will receive the stable update this month.
- Meanwhile, other Android manufacturers, such as OPPO, Xiaomi,vivo, and OnePlus, are now expected to announce their Android 16-based updates by October, which is far behind Google and Samsung’s rollout.
Google launched Android 16 for Pixel devices in June, while Samsung launched the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Flip 7, and Flip 7 FE with stable One UI 8 based on Android 16 in July. Other Android OEMs have been running Android 16-based developer betas for some of their flagships, and for a while, it seemed that these OEMs would be quicker than Samsung in releasing the Android 16 stable update to their devices. A new leak suggests that might not be the case, as several OEMs are now said to be preparing for their Android 16-based platform update announcements by October.
Leaker Yogesh Brar has shared that announcements for OPPO’s Color OS 16, OnePlus’ Oxygen OS 16, vivo’s Origin OS 6 and Funtouch OS 16, and Xiaomi’s Hyper OS 3 (Global) are expected by October.