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...
Monday, 14 December 2015
Android KitKat
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 Jelly Bean
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 Icecream Sandwich
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...
Ginger Bread
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 Froyo
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...
Android Eclair
Android 2.0 & 2.1 Eclair:
Android 2.0 was released in Oct 2009, with a bugfix verson(2.0.1) coming out in December 2009. Android 2.1 was released Jan 2010. Most people consider them a single release. Added features include...
Android Donut
Android 1.6 Donut:
DonutAndroid V1.6, codenamed "Donut," was released in Sep 2009. It fixed reboot errors in the OS, revamped photo and video features, and featured better search integration. It also added support for larger...
Android Cupcake
Android 1.5 Cupcake:
Cupcake Technically Android 1.5 wasn't first verson, but versions before it don't seem to have recieved any codenames. Stories werw told that it was supposed to be verson 1.2, but Google decided to make it...
Android 1.0 and 1.1
Android 1.0 & 1.1 Unnamed:
There appears to be no codename assigned to versions 1.0 & 1.1 of Android OS.
Google bought a company called Android back in july 2005. Android was headed by several mobile big shots, including the former head of a big carrier, ex- owner of a phone maker, and more. After their buyout, Android went into stealth mode, and rumors apread the Google was working on a mobile phone
The dam finally...
Android Versions
Android 1.5:
Each version of Android since 1.5 has been developed with a specific codename. These codenames are chosen alphabetically, and have thus far all been dessert items (or, generically, sweet/sugary foods). Some codenames...
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