We will not keep you in suspense: Android 17 has the internal code “Cannamon Bun”. The information comes from a source of trust within Google and was originally reported by the Android Authority. Here is a comfortable table that breaks down all the previous dessert chases to be verified.
| Version number | Code name | Year of release |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | No code name | 2008 |
| 1.1 | Petit Quattro (internal) | 2009 |
| 1.5 | Cupcake | 2009 |
| 1.6 | Donut | 2009 |
| 2.0, 2.1 | Éclair | 2009 |
| 2.2 | Fray | 2010 |
| 2.3 | Gingerbread | 2010 |
| 3 | Honeycomb | 2011 |
| 4 | Sandwich with ice cream | 2011 |
| 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | jelly Bean | 2012 |
| 4.4 | Kitkat | 2013 |
| 5.0, 5.1 | Lollipop | 2014 |
| 6 | Marshmallow | 2015 |
| 7.0, 7.1 | Nougat | 2016 |
| 8.0, 8.1 | Oreo | 2017 |
| 9 | Cake | 2018 |
| 10 | Tart quines (internal) | 2019 |
| 11 | Red velvet cake (internal) | 2020 |
| 12, 12L | Snow cone (internal) | 2021 |
| 13 | Tiramisu (internal) | 2022 |
| 14 | Top cake (internal) | 2023 |
| 15 | Vanilla Ice Cream (internal) | 2024 |
| 16 | Baklava (internal) | 2025 |
But let’s see you scratch your head through the screen, wondering how and why the cinnamon sandwich. Why not something with “W” to follow Android 16 “Baklava”? Wait, Android 16 “Baklava”? In reality it makes perfect sense. You can go to the source link for a more in -depth explanation, but here is its substance. Relatively recent Google has changed the Android development from the old branch based on a new “stable trunk” model. Instead of combining the new release branches in that stable as before, the new model has a constantly stable main set of code branch with all the new features, corrections and bees developed behind “Flag of functionality” to keep them disabled until they are ready.
Are you still with us? Well. The important bit here is that Google has completed migration to the new De dev model based on Trunks with Android 14 QPR2 and to mark the modification, the build id has been restored, therefore Android 14 QPR2 has become ID Build AP1A and QPR3 has obtained ID Build AP2A. The first time Google released a stable building of the trunk was in 2024, hence the use of the letter “to” to prefigure the build ID. However, presumably at that time Android 14 already had his name of “cake upside down” and Android 15 his moniker “vanilla ice cream”, so it was too late to “restart” the names and call Android 15 something with “a”. Once the year went to 2025, however, ID Build began to go out with the letter “B” and Google decided to call Android 16: “Baklava”. The next letter for ID Build is “C” and therefore a dessert with “C” – insert “Cannamon Bun”, presumably since it has already been taken “cupcake”.
Of course, in the end, the name from dessert does not matter much, especially since Google has decided to move away from it as a public brand. Today it is a residue from the development side. However, it is interesting to see which sweets the Google team chooses now that it is essentially the second time for each letter. As for Android 17, we expect it to land around June 2026.
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