The Google I/O conference is not far away and expectations are high that Google will finally show off (if not release) the next generation of the Android platform – Key Lime Pie. However, server logs point to the existence of Android 4.3, still known as Android Jelly Bean.
The logs also state that Android 4.3 JWR23B is going to be a new version of Jelly Bean, rather than the expected Key Lime Pie. Moreover, according to the Android Police report, the ‘J’ label of Android 4.3′s version number suggests that it is called Jelly Bean.
If Google sticks to its usual way of doing things (related to the way it numbers the different version of Android), the leak actually looks quite believable. Also, the IP addresses in the server logs, which revealed the newest version, look like they are from Google’s campus.
Android Police was the first to look into the IP range and the site also confirmed that these builds are legitimate. Apart from the site, Reddit user danrant has also come up with other evidences that points to a potential Jelly Bean release rather than Key Lime Pie. They are:
- A Chromium bug discussing running Chrome on JellyBeanMR2 JWR04C
- A webrtc bug discussing running Chrome on Nexus 4 JellyBeanMR2 JWQ71B
- Qualcomm WLAN driver source code repository with jb-mr2-dev branch.
- Two posts by Xianzhu Wang (a Chrome team member) "Support JellyBean MR2 style of systrace" and Import error on Android JB MR2 when trace 'load'. A quick Google search does not reveal any systrace changes in 4.2 (JellyBean MR1) so I don't think it's a typo.
