Google LLC said today it’s indefinitely postponing the public beta launch of Android 11, which had already been pushed back a month to June 3.

The company so far has released three developer previews of Android 11, and was set to launch the first public beta release at an online event called “The Beta Launch Show” later this week. However, in an update posted to the Android developers blog and Twitter, Google says that event and launch have now been pushed back.

“We are excited to tell you more about Android 11, but now is not the time to celebrate,” Google said. “We are postponing the June 3rd event and beta release. We’ll be back with more on Android 11, soon.”

Google didn’t give any reason for the delay.

The public beta release had originally been scheduled for early May to coincide with Google’s annual I/O developer conference, only to move the launch back a month after that event was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Google hasn’t said if the delays will impact the expected final release date of Android 11, which is set to launch in the third quarter.

Android 11 is expected to deliver some key new features, which have already been seen in the early developer previews. For example, Google will no longer use letters and dessert names for each new release, and instead go back to less imaginative but more logical numbers.

On the technical side, Android’s connectivity application programming interfaces have been updated for 5G applications such as 4K video streaming and loading high-resolution game assets. And apps can now manage pinhole screens and waterfall screens, while messaging apps can now use the Bubbles API so conversations can remain in view at all times.

The developer previews also reveal an improved neural network API for running computationally intensive operations on device, such as machine learning applications. There are also more privacy and security settings in the new release, and it’s possible for device owners to grant temporary access through one-time permissions that are valid only for as long as an app remains open.

Other developer-oriented features in the Android 11 previews include wireless debugging via a pairing code and more tools to help understand application performance issues.

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