@GrapheneOS @Wednesday, June 11, 2025 In May, we began preparing to port to Android 16 despite our most active senior developer responsible for leading OS development being unavailable ( https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/114359660453627718 ). Android 16 launched today and porting is going to be significantly more difficult than we were expecting.

@GrapheneOS We did far more preparation for Android 16 than we've ever done for any previous yearly release. Since we weren't able to obtain OEM partner access, we did extensive reverse engineering of the upcoming changes. Developers also practiced by redoing previous quarterly/yearly ports.

@GrapheneOS Unfortunately, Android has made changes which will make it much harder for us to port to Android 16 and future releases. It will also make adding support for new Pixels much more difficult. We're likely going to need to focus on making GrapheneOS devices sooner than we expected.

@GrapheneOS One of our two senior developers has been forcibly detained and conscripted to participate in a war. When they first went missing, we revoked their repository access as a precaution. We soon learned their disappearance was completely unrelated to GrapheneOS. Our priority has been keeping them safe.