According unnamed insiders that spoke to Reuters, Amazon is planning a strategic overhaul of its Fire tablets which would involve using an open source version of the Android operating system.

This is an optional feature for gesture navigation already, and it means three-button fans could get that same option in the next Android version.

Google may be planning to release Android 16 in Q2 of 2025, which is unusual since major Android versions typically arrive in Q3 or Q4.

Amazon is plotting a big change to its Fire tablet lineup following years of escalating gripes from consumers and app ...

This is going to be the final beta release before Google pushes the stable build of the next Android version, which should arrive in early June.

Android 16 will be called Baklava, internally The name for the next Android version was scooped from the code references within the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code.

Google plans to move Android TV to a biyearly release schedule, meaning the next version of Android TV might be based on Android 16.