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Android 16 QPR1 source code finally lands on AOSP after weeks‑long delay — what’s new, why it was held back, and how to sync (Nov 12, 2025)
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Android 16 QPR1 source code finally lands on AOSP after weeks‑long delay — what’s new, why it was held back, and how to sync (Nov 12, 2025)

What happened today Google has published the full Android 16 QPR1 source to AOSP. You can see the official manifest change—“Update default revision to android16-qpr1-release”—in the platform/manifest repository, and the updated default.xml now points to that branch for android-latest-release. android.googlesource.com+1 The push
November 12, 2025

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