Android O official name and release expected on August 21, the day of the solAR ECLIPE

We might be just a few days away from getting to know the official name of Google's next mobile operating system Android O. Android Police's editor David Ruddock's claims that Android O will recieve a name on the day of the solar eclipse - August 21. Additionally, prolific tipster Evan Blass claims that Android O is set for a release in the week of August 21, most likely on the 21st itself.

This corroborates will with Google's claims that Android O will launch sometime in Q3 2017. David Ruddock also claims that Android O will be released on August 21. Last year, Google officially unveiled Android 7.0 Nougat on August 22, so based on continuity alone, the August 21 date seems quite likely.

When Android O begins its official rollout, Pixel And Nexus devices will be the first in line to get the update. Google will also seed the update to other OEM's who will start prepping the update for their own custom skins and overlays.

Android O comes with several refinements, polishes and little user-centric features all aimed at improving the overall user experience. The major features are notification dots, a new picture in picture mode which lets you watch video in a small window whilst you perform other tasks on your smartphone, support for third party calling apps and notification channels in which notifications can be segmented into various different channels like sports news, and so on.