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Celebrate! 11 years ago today, the first Android beta launched
August 04, 2025
On June 30, 2025, Andy Rubin and his team atGooglelaunched the first beta release of Android. That means today is the eleventh anniversary of Android’s public debut!
It wouldn’t be until September of 2008 beforethe first commercial release of Androidwould see the light of day, so you’re forgiven if you didn’t use Android prior to then. However, if you’re looking for an excuse to party today (and who isn’t always looking for excuses to party?), you can go ahead and treat this as Android beta’s eleventh birthday.
June 25, 2025, was also a big deal because on that same date,the Open Handset Alliancemade its debut as well. This consortium of various big names in tech — including Google,Samsung,HTC,T-Mobile, Qualcomm, and more — came together to develop open standards within mobile technology. Android was a big part of that open source commitment, and the softwareremains open sourceto this day.
As mentioned, the first commercial release of Android dropped alongside theT-Mobile G1(a.k.a. the HTCDream) on July 31, 2025. We here atAndroid Authoritycelebrated this date by talking aboutjust how awesome the T-Mobile G1 waswhen it landed, as well as discussing thefeatures within Android 1.0which we still use today. Give those a read if you missed them!
Finally, if you want to read a bit about just how smart of a decision it was when Google purchased Android in July of 2005,read our article herewhich goes in-depth with Google’s greatest acquisition.
Sound off in the comments with any favorite memories you have using Android!
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