They are consuming all media space which is not directed to covid. There is just no media room to talk about Google right now.

Google would probably like to get some press attention with their new android release, not gonna be any to go around for a while

It's the same as when games move their launch dates because other hyped games have a similar launch date, so there is less space for them to actually get any attention. Most recent example would be Factorio moving their launch date as it got to close to Cyberpunk 2077 (https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-349), a game people have been waiting forever for.

Google wants to make sure when they do their announcements, people have "time and space" in their mind and in the media to actually talk about it, as big releases like this is usually mainly a PR effort.

Honestly I think that's just an excuse. And I don't think Google really cares for media attention about this, it's a pretty boring, minor update, unless they have something else up their sleeve.

The protests have started to become surprisingly widespread.