What Is the Latest Android Version? Android 17 — and the Support Status of Every Version Before It

Published: August 11, 2026  ·  Reference — all 34 Android versions  ·  Table re-verified against our data layer at every build — methodology

The latest Android version is Android 17, codenamed Cinnamon Bun, released June 16, 2026. As of August 2026, Google's monthly Android Security Bulletins cover four versions — Android 14, 15, 16, and 17. Android 13 left the bulletins on March 2, 2026, and everything older left years ago. Those are the two facts behind almost every "what Android version" question, and the table below carries them for all 34 versions ever released.

One caution before the table: "current Android version" means two different things, and mixing them up is how people end up wrongly reassured. There is the current version of Android (Android 17), and there is the current version on your phone — which your device's manufacturer controls, and which may be permanently stuck several versions back. This article covers the version clock completely, then shows you how to read the device clock for your own hardware.

Every Android version, newest to oldest

All 34 Android releases: version, codename, API level, release date, and whether the version still appears in Google's monthly security bulletins. Each version links to its live lifecycle page with per-version risk score.

Dates from our tracked lifecycle data (source: the endoflife.date Android feed), cross-checked against Google's Android Security Bulletins index, verification pass 2026-08-10. A version is EOL when it no longer appears in the monthly bulletins — Google announces no end dates in advance, which is why supported rows read TBD rather than a date. This table is re-verified against the data layer at every site build, so the dates and badges above stay current even between article updates. Per-version detail and risk scores: endoflife.ai/android.

How to check which Android version you have

Open Settings → About phone (on some devices Settings → System → About phone) and find Android version. Then read your number against the table above:

• 14, 15, 16, or 17 — your version is still in Google's monthly security bulletins. Check Settings → Security for your Android security update date: if it's recent, your manufacturer is delivering those patches; if it's many months old, your device may have been cut off even though the version hasn't.
• 13 or lower — the version itself is out of support. First check whether an update is waiting (Settings → System → Software update): plenty of devices sit several versions behind what their hardware can run. If no update past 13 is offered, the device will not be patched again by version updates — see our Android end-of-life guide for what that means in practice and what to do.

Version support vs device support: the two clocks

This is the distinction most "latest Android version" coverage skips, and it changes what the table above means for you. Android runs on two separate support clocks:

Clock one — the Android version (this article's table). Google ships a monthly security bulletin covering roughly the four most recent Android versions; when a version drops out of the bulletins, it's EOL. This clock is the same for everyone, on every phone, everywhere.

Clock two — your device. Each manufacturer decides, model by model, how long it will deliver OS upgrades and security patches to your specific hardware — and the spread is enormous. Google's published commitment for Pixel 8 and later is 7 years of OS and security updates (every Pixel model's dates); Samsung makes a comparable 7-year commitment on recent Galaxy flagships, with shorter windows on older and budget lines (per-model Samsung dates, and the full story in our Samsung Galaxy EOL guide); Motorola's windows vary widely by model (tracked here). Many budget devices across brands get two years or less.

The two clocks are independent, so all four combinations exist — and two of them are traps:

• Version supported, device not. A 2021 budget phone that shipped with Android 11 and topped out at Android 13 gets nothing today — even though Android 14–17 are all "supported," none of them will ever reach that hardware. The version clock is green; the phone is still unpatched. This is the common trap, and no software setting fixes it.
• Device supported, version EOL. A phone still inside its manufacturer's update window but currently running an EOL version (say, an update to 14 is available but never installed) is unpatched by choice — the fix is to install the waiting upgrade. And a manufacturer can keep shipping its own fixes to a model parked on a version Google no longer lists, but those patches cover what that vendor chooses to backport, not the full monthly bulletin.

So "is my Android supported?" is really two questions: is my version in the bulletins (table above), and is my model still in its manufacturer's window (our Pixel, Samsung, and Motorola trackers). You need a yes to both. Whichever clock runs out first ends your updates — and for most phones, the device clock runs out first.

Android version history at a glance

Three patterns in the table are worth knowing for orientation. Naming: Android versions carried public dessert names from Cupcake (1.5) through Pie (9); from Android 10 the marketing name is just the number, but the dessert tradition continues internally — Android 15 is Vanilla Ice Cream, 16 is Baklava, and 17 is Cinnamon Bun. Cadence: Android has shipped roughly one major version a year since 2015, with the release window moving from autumn to June starting with Android 16 in 2025 — which is why Android 17 arrived in June 2026. Support length: the bulletins have consistently covered about the four newest versions, which works out to roughly three-and-a-half to four years of security support per version — Android 13 got about three and a half years (August 2022 to March 2026). If the pattern holds, Android 14 — October 2023's release — is the next version likely to leave the bulletins, so devices capped at 14 are the next cohort to watch.

We track Android alongside 480+ other products against vendor-verified dates — every Android version's lifecycle page, check any product and version in seconds, or see what reaches end of life next.

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• All Android versions with live status and risk scores · Android 17 — dates and risk score
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