Android 15 just reached the platform stability phase with the Beta 3 release this week. This means we’re in the final phase of development and nearer to the official release.
The upcoming OS is definitely going to be an exciting upgrade. It is confirmed to bring a host of new features and improvements, such as Private Space, Theft Detection Lock, app archiving, app pairs, and more.
Unfortunately, many Android devices, including Realme phones, will not be upgraded to Android 15. If you have a Realme device, review the list of ineligible devices below to know if you need to upgrade to a newer model.
Realme Android 15 Ineligible Device List
[Realme GT series]
- Realme GT 2
- Realme GT 2 Pro
- Realme GT 2 Explorer Master
- Realme GT Neo 3
- Realme GT Neo 3 150W
- Realme GT Neo 3T
- And all older devices
[Realme number series]
- Realme 10
- Realme 10 5G
- Realme 10s
- Realme 10T
- Realme 9
- Realme 9 5G
- Realme 9 Pro
- Realme 9 Pro+
- Realme 9i
- Realme 9i 5G
- Realme 9 SE
- And all older devices
[Realme Narzo series]
- Realme Narzo 50
- Realme Narzo 50 5G
- Realme Narzo 50 Pro
- Realme Narzo 50A
- Realme Narzo 50A Prime
- Realme Narzo 50i
- Realme Narzo 50i Prime
- Realme Narzo N55
- Realme Narzo N53
- And all older devices
[Realme C series]
- Realme C67
- Realme C55
- Realme C51s
- Realme C53
- Realme C51
- Realme C35
- Realme C33 (2023)
- Realme C31
- Realme C30s
- And all older devices
This is not an official list by any means. We have prepared it by analyzing the software update policy and the company’s past OS update rollouts.
Realme provides decent software support to its smartphones. The newer GT flagship phones get 3 years of OS updates and four years of security patches. However, older GT models only get two OS upgrades.
Three OS upgrades don’t sound like a lot when competitors like Samsung and Google offer seven years of OS updates. Even Realme’s sister companies, OnePlus and Oppo, have started offering four OS updates to their flagships.
Realme’s numbered series phones typically get two OS updates, while the budget Narzo and C series only get one. However, the company has started offering two upgrades to newer Narzo models.
We’ll delve deeper into Realme’s mediocre software support in another post. But for now, let’s stick to Android 15.
Android 15: When Is It Coming to Realme Phones?
After two developer builds released earlier this year, Google announced multiple beta builds of Android 15, allowing users to get an early taste of the new OS. Recently, Beta 3 went live, marking the beginning of the platform stability phase.
The platform stability phase is the final step of the development phase before the new OS is available to the public. Here, Google resolves the ongoing bugs/issues and adds final touches to prepare it for the stable release.
We already have an official Android 15 timeline, but that doesn’t reveal when the stable build will arrive. However, it’s similar to last year’s timeline for the Android 14 release. So, if things keep going that way, Android 15 should land in early October.
If you have Realme 12 Pro+ 5G, you can install the Android 15 beta to access the new OS before the official release. But please remember that beta builds might contain bugs, and some features may be missing. In the coming weeks, the beta program should expand to more Realme devices, allowing more users to participate in the program.
Last year, Realme kicked off its Android 14 beta program in May (the same month as the Android 15 beta), while it took around six months for the first stable release. Hopefully, this will get better with Android 15.
What’s New in Android 15?
1. Theft Detection Lock: It’s one of the most useful additions to Android 15. Whenever someone steals your phone and tries to run away, the phone senses that motion and immediately locks the screen. The phone will lock itself automatically even if it detects suspicious activities like multiple failed log-in attempts or constant attempts to disconnect the phone.
What’s more interesting is that this new feature prevents the device from setting it up again using a different Google account. So, unless they don’t have your Google account credentials, the phone is useless.
2. App Pairs: Android 15 will allow users to save their favourite split-screen combination for quicker access. A shortcut will be created on the home screen to instantly open both apps in the split-screen mode.
The official website suggests that this feature is only coming to large screen devices, such as tablets. But let’s not lose hope and keep our fingers crossed for its release to smartphones as well.
3. Private Space: It protects your sensitive files and apps with an additional layer of security. This is similar to the Secure Folder on Samsung phones.
This new feature creates a separate space hidden from the regular space, where you can store your super-secret apps and files. Apps you use in Private Space won’t appear in the recent apps section. Also, all downloads are stored in the private space itself.
4. Partial Screen Sharing: Another useful feature in Android 15 is the Partial Screen Sharing. It allows users to share or record a single app rather than the entire screen.
5. App Archiving: It lets you unarchive apps to save storage while keeping the user data around. So far, this feature has been limited to apps installed from the Play Store, but Android 15 integrates this feature at the OS level, allowing archiving/restoring of any apps, even those installed outside of the Play Store.
6. Improved Health Connect: The new OS includes new data types across fitness, nutrition, and more. Beta 2 brings skin temperature and training plans as additional data types.
7. Notification Cooldown: This new feature prevents users from getting overwhelmed by successive notifications from the same app by lowering the volume.
This feature was first discovered in Android 15 DP1 but was later removed in Android 15 Beta 1. However, Google is expected to bring it back in the final build of Android 15.
These are the major changes Android 15 is expected to bring. Let me know which Realme device you have and your favourite feature of the upcoming OS in the comment section below.
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