Am I misremembering something, or similar thing is going on with Google? As far as I remember, few last Android versions were introduced in a 'oh and by the way

Am I misremembering something, or similar thing is going on with Google? As far as I remember, few last Android versions were introduced in a 'oh and by the way, it's shipping today' fashion. I guess you could argue only negligible percent of user have access to day 1 Android upgrades, but still - that doesn't count as early access in my book.