Android 4.2 Jelly Bean was announced in mid-November. That means it’s over five months old. When Google hosts their annual I/O conference in May, it’ll be over six months old. That has people wondering: What’s up with the next version of Google’s mobile operating system?
According to Android Police, they’ve recently started seeing devices running Android 4.3 show up in their server logs. That has them thinking that we’re not going to see Key Lime Pie next month, and it’s a perfectly valid conclusion to come to given the evidence.
Should you be shocked? Not really. Google tends to show off new “major” versions of Android during late Q4 or early Q1. Last year’s unveiling of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in June was an exception to the rule, but then again was it really when all 4.1 brought to the table were under the hood optimizations and fancier notifications?
The consensus about Google I/O this year is that Google will show off a brand new Nexus 7. Why show off the newest version of your mobile operating system on a tablet when it’s smartphones that people really care about?
I know a lot of you want to see Google announce something that’ll blow your socks off, and I think they will, but just not next month. Whenever Motorola announces their new phones later this year, that’s when I think you should break out the fireworks and noise makers.