Android 5.X Lollipop:
Android 5 is called Lollipop, and it featured a brand new runtime called ART that no longer relies on the older DALVIK runtime(which is somewhat based on Sun/Oracle specs). Lollipop also contains other...
Android 4.4 KitKat:
Google announced that Android 4.4 would be named KitKat on sep 3,2013. KitKat's parent company, Nestle, was fully on board with the naming of operating system and launched ac advertising campaign during...
Android 4.1 JellyBean:
Jelly Bean came out in 2012. Biggest changes included"Google Now", an AI assistant antipates your needs and better, more intractive notifications. Jelly Bean also allows "voice typing", a built-in speech-to-text...
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich:
Ice Cream Sandwich was Google's attempt to synthesize Honeycomb, it's tablet-only platform, with it's mobile platform. Released in Oct 2011, it featured a new design and default font, as well...
Android 3.0,3.1 & 3.2 Honeycomb:
Honeycomb was released in Feb 2011, and was rapidly followed by 3.1 & 3.2 in july and august of 2011. Google posted a lot of previews and highlights on Honeycomb.
Honeycomb was made...
Android 2.3,2.4 Gingerbread:
Gingerbread was officially released in December 2010.
On December 6th, 2010, Google officially announced the first phone with Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread. The phone was Nexus S, which Google co-developed...
Android 2.2 Froyo:
Android 2.2 mainly improved speed by adopting the Java script "just in time" compiler engine from Google's browser, Chrome. It also improved browser support by adding animated GIF supprot and Flash 10.1 plug...