Android v5.0 Key Lime Pie starts to be visible on Nexus range of devices

Though often rumored and even mentioned by Google, Key Lime Pie hadmissed its speculated Google I/O debut a few months ago and has not appeared publicly on a device to date. However, it looks like that may soon change as two of Google’s popular Nexus devices are appearing on a Chromium bug tracker log, according to CNET, showing what may be early Key Lime Pie builds.

Key Lime Pie was at one point rumored to be Android 5.0, suggesting that it will offer a significant update to the Android experience that we have today.

Both the Nexus 4 smartphone and the Nexus 7 tablet were shown to have the KRS36B build of Android. With Google build numbers for Android, the first letter usually stands for the operating system version it is running. In this case, “K” would refer to Key Lime Pie if Google continues its Android build numbering style.

Both the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 were recently updated to a newer version of the Android Jelly Bean build. The two devices are now on build JSS15J and JWR66V.

Unfortunately, other than the build number, no other information was revealed about Android Key Lime Pie in the bug tracker. At this time, it’s still unclear what Google will number the build as, though Android 5.0 seems to be a popular speculation. Google could potentially give the build a version number of 4.5, for example, though this would suggest a more incremental update than a significant revision to the OS. To be clear, Google has yet to formally introduce Key Lime Pie or indicate its arrival on a device. It's also too early to say that Key Lime Pie will tie in to Android 5.0 or, say, Android 4.5.

Unfortunately, there's nothing in the Chromium bug post that sheds any additional light on Key Lime Pie. It is noteworthy, however, in that there are versions of Android out there that are more current than 4.3 Jelly Bean.

Perhaps the next Nexus smartphone will be announced later this fall with an Android Key Lime Pie build that comes with the cool, new features Android fans eat up like candy.

It’s speculated that Android Key Lime Pie will debut this fall alongside a new Nexus 5 smartphone.