Android N: what you need to know about Google’s ‘nutty’ OS

Only this week nearly two-year-old Android Lollipop become Google‘s most popular mobile OS version, but the company has now released Android N — it’s latest iteration of the OS — a lot earlier than expected.

Traditionally Google announces its new OS iterations at I/O — its annual developer conference — but it’s dramatically changing tack this year.

According to its developer page, it’s planning a five stage release roster before the final consumer ready version of the OS is ready in Q3 2016. This week’s release is stage one, and sees the alpha version of Android N available to download for Nexus devices and the Pixel C hybrid tablet.

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