Android L Expected Release on Oct. 15 Alongside Nexus 9

By Max Bonto, Christian Post Contributor Friday, October 10, 2014

Google's next mobile operating system, Android L, is expected to be released sometime this October. Recently though, it looks like Google has released a 64-bit Android L developer preview emulator image. Strangely, the emulator is a 64-bit image for 64-bit Intel chips and not ARMv8. It's strange since developers have no tools to create 64-bit ARMv8 apps despite Nvidia's upcoming 64-bit Tegra K1.

The release of the developer preview, however, only means that the actual operating system might just be around the corner. Apparently, Google is planning a launch event this Oct. 15 for the announcements of the Android L, the Nexus 9 tablet, Android Wear 2.0, and Android TV.

Android L – or Android 5.0 – was first first unveiled during Google's I/O Conference June earlier this year. During that time, Google's Sundar Pichai said that Android L would be supporting 64-bit CPU architectures.

"We've adapted and optimized the entire platform to take advantage of the new 64-bit architectures," David Burke, the Engineering Director of Google, added.

Google's only device capable of running Android L at the moment is the upcoming Nexus 9 which is rumored to be equipped with the Nvidia Tegra K1 SoC, with 64-bit Denver CPU cores. Since the Nexus 9 is to have been rumored to run with the new Android L, it could be the only device to run the new operating system currently.