TL;DR
- Google has officially mentioned Android 18 on the agenda for its upcoming Android Dev Summit 2026.
- The agenda teases “powerful new graphics features” for Android 18, giving us an early hint at what’s coming.
- Android Dev Summit runs October 28–29, with an Android leadership keynote that could reveal more about Android 18.
We’re still months away from Android 18 landing on our phones, but Google has just given us the first taste of what’s coming. Google is bringing back its Android Dev Summit on October 28 and 29, and while the event is primarily for developers, something on the agenda should interest the rest of us too: Android 18.
The company has published the two-day schedule, and Android 18 appears alongside a tease of “powerful new graphics features.” Google isn’t telling us exactly what those features are yet, but this is one of the first official breadcrumbs we’ve received about the next major version of Android.
