Google delays next week's Android 11 Beta release and virtual launch event

Google this night announced that it is postponing next week’s Android 11 Beta 1 release and The Beta Release Show. The company on Twitter stated that “now is not the time to celebrate” because of continuous social demonstrations throughout the US, including in the San Francisco Bay Location, and will reschedule at a future date.

In lieu of a physical I/O conference, the Android 11: The Beta Release Show was meant to showcase what’s new in the operating system this year. It would have started with an hour-long keynote at 8 a.m. PT on Wednesday, June 3. Later on, senior members of the Android team were supposed to host a live Q&A session.

Earlier today, the company posted the list of Android 11 Talks that would also be released that day. They were originally scheduled for I/O 2020 and consist of the yearly “What’s new in Android,” “All things personal privacy in Android 11,” and “What’s new in Android Advancement Tools.”

We are thrilled to inform you more about Android 11, and now is not the time to commemorate. We are delaying the June 3rd event and beta release. We’ll be back with more on Android 11, soon.

— Android Developers (@AndroidDev) May 30, 2020

For app developers and partners, Google tells us this evening that it is not changing the final release schedule for Android 11, which is prepared for Q32020 It will provide upgraded timing as it becomes available.

The first Android 11 Beta was originally anticipated this month, but that was postponed as Google “decided to add a bit of additional time” to the release schedule from February. The Android group at the start of the month said that it’s “working together remotely and focusing on the well-being of our households, friends and associates.”

As an outcome, it pushed back Beta 1 and “all subsequent milestones” by about a month, and launched Developer Sneak peek 4 rather.

Beta 1 will include the last SDK and NDK APIs with this release and open up Google Play publishing for apps targeting Android 11.
Beta 2 moves to July. We’ll reach Platform Stability with this release.
Beta 3 transfers to August and will consist of release candidate builds for final screening