it is :(  .<p>I hope that Google will reconsider. Being stuck with Java 6.5 is more and more of an issue. You can use ThreeTenABP, Retrolambda and some other libs to get past some of the languages limitations but that&#x27;s far from ideal.<p>Even if Google switches to OpenJdk 8 (or even 9 or 10), if the adoption times stay consistent, we will have to wait 3 years before being able to use their new features in mature apps.<p>I do hope that either the android team is working on a new language (along with a framework revamp) or will reconsider its position on Kotlin and starts adopting it.