Mobile/Focus/Android/Train Schedule
Background
Focus for Android will be moving to a bi-weekly cadence, so our releases will be schedule driven rather than dictated by feature development progress. Both features and fixes will be allocated to the next available release upon completion. This will give us the ability to respond much more quickly to bug reports and user feedback.
While the release cadence will remain the same, the release numbering in this schedule is subject to change, as whether a release is classified as an X.0 depends on the significance of the features/enhancements being shipped.
As a further benefit, the process will be simpler and more predictable for the multiple teams involved, as all key milestones will recur on a bi-weekly basis as well. Also, the volume of work to test, translate, review etc... will be smaller for each release, allowing us to move much more quickly.
Releases with * indicate UX/feature-heavy releases.
Train Schedule - 2017
| Version | Sprint Start | String Freeze/L10N Hand-off | Feature Complete | QA hand-off | QA & L10N App Sign-off | Legal Sign-off | Submission | App Store Content Sign-off | Release | Release Themes |
| Aqua | July 24, 2017 | July 27, 2017 | Aug 4, 2017 | Aug 4, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 | Aug 11, 2017 | Aug 16, 2017 | Aug 17, 2017 | TBC |
| Burgundy | Aug 7, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 | Aug 18, 2017 | Aug 18, 2017 | Aug 24, 2017 | Aug 24, 2017 | Aug 25, 2017 | Aug 30, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 | TBC |
| Cobalt* | Aug 21, 2017 | Aug 24, 2017 | Sept 1, 2017 | Sept 1, 2017 | Sept 7, 2017 | Sept 7, 2017 | Sept 8, 2017 | Sept 20, 2017 | Sept 21, 2017 | TBC |
| Ebony | Sept 4, 2017 | Sept 14, 2017 | Sept 22, 2017 | Sept 22, 2017 | Sept 28, 2017 | Sept 28, 2017 | Sept 29, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 | Oct 5, 2017 | TBC |
| Folly | Sept 25, 2017 | Sept 28, 2017 | Oct 6, 2017 | Oct 6, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Oct 13, 2017 | Oct 18, 2017 | Oct 19, 2017 | TBC |
| Granite* | Oct 9, 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Oct 20, 2017 | Oct 20, 2017 | Oct 26, 2017 | Oct 26, 2017 | Oct 27, 2017 | Nov 1, 2017 | Nov 2, 2017 | TBC |
| Harlequin (2.4) | Oct 23, 2017 | Oct 26, 2017 | Nov 3, 2017 | Nov 3, 2017 | Nov 9, 2017 | Nov 9, 2017 | Nov 10, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 | Nov 16, 2017 | TBC |
| Indigo (2.5) | Nov 6, 2017 | Nov 9, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 | Nov 17, 2017 | Nov 23, 2017 | Nov 23, 2017 | Nov 24, 2017 | Nov 29, 2017 | Nov 30, 2017 | TBC |
| Jasmine (4.0) | Nov 20, 2017 | Nov 23, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Dec 1, 2017 | Dec 7, 2017 | Dec 7, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 | Dec 13, 2017 | Dec 14, 2017 | TBC |
| Kiwi* | Dec 4, 2017 | Dec 7, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 15, 2017 | Dec 21, 2017 | Dec 21, 2017 | Dec 22, 2017 | TBC | TBC | TBC |