We will not keep you in suspense: Android 17 has an internal codename “Cinnamon Bun”. This information comes from a trusted source in Google and was reported by the original Android Authority. Here is a convenient table to break all the previous dessert codnames to check you.
| Guidance | Codename | Year of liberation |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | No codename | 2008 |
| 1.1 | Petit four (internal) | 2009 |
| 1.5 | Cup | 2009 |
| 1.6 | Dessert | 2009 |
| 2.0, 2.1 | É Clare | 2009 |
| 2.2 | Fryo | 2010 |
| 2.3 | Gingerbread | 2010 |
| 3 | Hive | 2011 Pisser |
| 4 | Ice cream sandwich | 2011 Pisser |
| 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 | Jelly bean | 2012 |
| 4.4 | Pestle | 2013 |
| 5.0, 5.1 | Alcohol | 2014 |
| 6 | Marshmallow | 2015 |
| 7.0, 7.1 | Boat | 2016 |
| 8.0, 8.1 | Tip | 2017 |
| 9 | Pie | 2018 |
| 10 | Queens Tart (Internal) | 2019 |
| 11 | Red velvet cake (internal) | 2020 |
| 12, 12 l | Ice cones (interior) | 2021 |
| 13 | Tiramisu | 2022 |
| 14 | Side Light Down Cake (Interior) | 2023 |
| 15 | Vanilla ice cream (internal) | 2024 |
| 16 | Baklawa | 2025 |
But, we see you scratching your head by screen, wondering how and why cinnamon bun is. Why isn’t something with “W” to follow Android 16 “Bucklawa”? Wait, Android 16 “Baklawa”? It really makes the perfect sense. You can proceed to the source link for a more depth, but here’s the essence. Google turned Android development from a relatively recent old branch -based model to the new “trunk stable” model. Instead of merging new release branches in stable as before, the new model has a constantly stable single main code branch, with all new features, developed with fix and API, so that they are ready until they are ready.
Are you still with us? Well. Importantly, Google completed the migration to the new trunk-based Dave model with Android 14 QPR2, and to mark the change, the build ID scheme was reset, so the Android 14 QPR2 Build ID AP1A and QPR3 became the build ID AP2A. For the first time Google introduced the trunk stable build 2024, so use the letter “A” to introduce the build ID. However, by that time Android 14 had already had its “Side Turns Cake” and Android 15 was its “vanilla ice cream” monicar, so it was too late to restart the names and call something with “A”. Once turned on the year 2025, the build IDS began to come out with the letter “B” and Google decided to call Android 16: “Baklawa”. The next letter for the build ID is “C” and therefore insert the “Cinnamon Bun” with “C”, probably “cupcake” was already taken.
Of course, ultimately, the dessert name really doesn’t matter, especially because Google has decided to move away from it as a public branding. Nowadays, it is a residue on the development side of things. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see what sweets the Google team has now chosen that it is essentially a second time for each letter. Speaking of Android 17, we expect it to land around June 2026.
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