AOSP has felt different lately, what’s going on? Not much. ~

More like a change of tone.

Quarterly releases given more emphasis. More precise stability language. Rather than feeling like an afterthought, feature flags are now receiving first-class treatment.

My view.

The isolation of platform work is earlier.

Landing flags are occurring more frequently than ever.

By “Stable,” it appears the Intuit team is suggesting “boring” which is deliberate.

I have been using a simple lens.

The surface of the platform is slow and predictable.

A gated and reversible design.

The OEM risk will be pushed later.

I wonder how other people see it.

Is Android giving off more conservative vibes?

Are flags cutting down on breakage, or just relocating it?

Has your testing strategy changed if you’ve shipped against AOSP?

In a practitioner’s take, not in a press narrative.