History Of Android

Birth of Android

The creation of Android dates back to 2003 with an American company called ANDROID. Two years later, so in 2005, Google bought Android while keeping its reputation. At that time his objective was to develop an easy and understanding operating system for all. With BugDroid , its mascot, Android has conquered almost the whole world.

Android is the most used mobile operating system in the world and it is because it was bought by Google.

The different Android versions

It was not by simple magic that Android could conquer the whole world. This is because it is an open system. It is portable, that is to say from one device to another even on our vehicles.

If the Google product had remained intact since its creation, it could not have known the glory it has today. From day to day, improvements are added and there, we talk about system updates because we leave the initial version to a new version.

You should know that Android started with version 1.0 and today we are at version 8 or Oreo

All Android versions have a name and these are names of the treats, candies, chocolates listed in alphabetical order. Nothing that has to do with gluttony. I don't know why they chose this way to rename the different versions of the system.

Alpha and Banana Bred

These are versions 1.0 and 1.1

It was in October 2008 that there was the first Android smartphone manufactured by T-Mobile and HTC Dream. Version 1.0 is called Alpha . The great innovation for this version was the notification bar, the appearance of widgets, the update of the Android Market application, browser supporting websites in HTML and XHTML, camera support, sending SMS and MMS.

In February 2009, Android 1.0 was updated and left from 1.0 to 1.1. This version was called Banana Bred or Beta . It brought new features such as: showing and hiding the numeric keypad included in the Call menu, support for saving the files attached to the menus.

CupCake

Released on April 30, 2009, version 1.5 was named CupCake . From this version, Google had decided to name all the different versions of the system with cake names in alphabetical order.

It is under this version that there was appearance of clipboard, of the first tactile keyboard, recording of videos and the possibility of sending them on Youtube or Picassa, video recording in MPEG-4 and 3GP format.

Donut

Version 1.6 of Android is based more on the graphics, support for the CDMA network, voice search, improved Android Market interface, Gallery: allows users to select multiple photos to delete. It is named after Donut .

Eclair

Released at the end of October 2009, version 2.0 was named Eclair . It brought several features: improvement of the touch keyboard, new browser interface and HTML5 support, animated wallpaper, support for Bluetooth 2.1, arrival of Google Maps, speech synthesis.

The 2.1 update was Google's work on its first Android smartphone, the Nexus One , with the first Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.

Froyo

Its arrival was in May 2010 and Froyo was the name given to version 2.2. It is a particular version which brought the support of Flash Player 10.1, the addition of lock screen with password, integration of the JavaScript engine V8 of Chrome in the browser, Wifi Hotspot and USB Tetherin, possibility of deactivating the data on a mobile network, Android Market becomes Google Play.

GingerBread

In December of the same year, 2.3, GingerBread , arrived. GingerBread brought support for WebM / VP8 video formats and AAC audio encoding, adding a download manager.

Honeycomb

Version 3.0 was reserved for Android tablets. Then, there were updates giving birth to versions 3.1 and 3.2 to resize the widgets. Its innovations were: interface entirely reworked and optimized for touch tablets, three-dimensional desktop with improved widgets, update of Google Play, improvement of the prediction of words during the handwriting input of Chinese.

IceCream Sandwich

It is on October 19, 2011 that the history of Android will reach its peak with the arrival of IceCream Sandwich , version 4.0. Compatible with smartphones and tablets, this version brought new features such as: adding dictionaries to the virtual keyboard, screenshot , viewing internet consumption, updating the browser, supporting Full HD video recording , added widgets, easier creation of folders, a new customizable launcher, improved visual messaging, improved copy / paste, unlocking by facial recognition if the device is equipped with a front camera.

 IceCream

Jelly Bean

Versions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 are named after Jelly Bean . The first device with the 4.1 update was the Nexus 7 . It brought: offline voice search, high resolution photos on Google+, Google Search application replaced by Google Now, Chrome as default browser, improved keyboard by integrating gesture input (Swipe), added screen saver , added zoom in Gmail.

Jelly Bean

KitKat

On September 3, 2013, Google announced that version 4.4 will be called KitKat , while several rumors announced the name of Key Lime Pie. This version was released on November 4, 2013 at the same time as Nexus 5. Its perfections are: Hangouts replaces the Message application and centralizes SMS, MMS and video calls, update of the Google keyboard which adds emojis.

 KitKat

Lollipop

On October 15, 2014, version 5.0 was named Lollipop .
It is offered as soon as it is released on Nexus devices, in particular Nexus 6, 9 and Player which are available from November 3, 2014. Its innovations are as follows: total redesign of the graphic interface with a new design called Material Design, project Volta which allows to optimize energy consumption and gain autonomy, improvement of the notification system.

 Lollipop

Marshmallow

This new version of Android, 6.0 symbolizes the transition to a new unit but also a new treat. This version is named Marshmallow and was officialized on August 18, 2015. It brings the final integration of the Multi-window mode, quick action bar for tablet.

 Marshmallow

Nougat

Official launch on September 21, 2016 in the city of Montélimar to which Google has offered an official statue of BugDroid Nougat. Version 7 is called Nougat .

Oreo

The first version was launched on August 21, 2017 before it became stable on October 5, 2017. With the arrival of Oreo, we can now watch a film with Google Play Film and TV, watch a video with Google Chrome and make calls videos with Google Duo.

 Oreo

magpie

Android 9.0 Pie put online by google on Monday August 6, 2018 some holders of a few smartphones like Google Pixel, Huawei, Nokia, LG, OnePlus, Samsung and other compatible smartphones can already install it

The discovery of the new features of Oreo's successor, the features with this new version are enormous like that of mapping and location inside buildings, notifications, privacy, interface, Bluetooth, energy saving are there a few features added to this version compared to previous versions.

This Android 9.0 Pie version long awaited by many curious people is finally official.