It has been almost two months since Google rolled out Android 16 for its lineup of Pixel gadgets. In the meantime, the Galaxy Z Fold 7, Z Flip 7, and Z Flip 7 FE have been the primary to launch with Android 16 (One UI 8) pre-installed. Given Google’s expedited software program launch schedule, it ought to come as no shock that particulars of the following main software program launch are already trickling in.
As revealed by Mishaal Rahman in a publication for Android Authority, Google will internally consult with the upcoming Android 17 launch as Cinnamon Bun. Proof of the codename CinnamonBun being hooked up to API degree 37.0 (Android 17) was reportedly proven to the publication.
To be clear, Cinnamon Bun will not be a public-facing identify for Android 17, as Google deserted that concept with Android 10. Nonetheless, as Rahman notes within the publication, Google has continued to make use of dessert-based inner codenames for every subsequent Android launch. That got here to a halt as Google shifted to a trunk-based growth mannequin for Android, permitting the corporate to expedite Android releases and overcome different inefficiencies of the older branch-based mannequin.
Cinnamon Bun does have a pleasant ring to it
The reset of the older naming system was confirmed when Android 16 was revealed to be often called baklava, which meant that Google was all the time going to call its upcoming Android launch after a dessert beginning with ‘c.’ We did not know what it will be referred to as, although. With Cupcake (Android 1.5) already taken, Google needed to get a bit of inventive this time round.
The primary place you’ll seemingly see the “CinnamonBun” branding is inside the Android model area (Settings > About cellphone) within the early beta releases of Android 17. Nonetheless, as Rahman notes, this identify will solely final till the software program reaches platform stability, at which level Google will merely consult with it as Android 17, which was the case with Android 16.
Assuming Google sticks to the identical timeline as the primary Android 16 developer preview, we should always see the Android 17 developer preview arrive by November this 12 months, with betas following early subsequent 12 months. Though you will not see the identify Cinnamon Bun talked about in Google’s advertising and marketing supplies when Android 17 makes its technique to gadgets, it is good to see the corporate persevering with a practice that initially started with Android 1.5. We do not know a lot about Android 17 when it comes to characteristic additions and different adjustments, although we hopefully will not have to attend lengthy to have these questions answered.
What do you make of Android 17’s codename?