Happy Birthday to Android !

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November 5, 2015, OS made by Google has entered the age of 8 years. Quoted from Phone Arena on Friday (11.06.2016), Android was originally developed by Android Inc. and was acquired by Google in 2005. Android OS then officially launched by a consortium which has many hardware, software, and telecommunications member companies  called the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) in 2007. Some of the companies that joined, among others, Google, Sony, HTC, Samsung, Sprint, T-Mobile, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.

The first devices that use the Android operating system was born after one year of the Android OS were officially launched. The device is the HTC Dream, which was released on October 22, 2008. Since the initial launch of Android to date, the various versions of Android have been born and developed by many developers. Android is known as a sophisticated operating system and preferred by many people. Gradually, Android will continue to evolve according to the needs.

The name of the first version of Android that is Astro Boy and Bender. After Android beta launch in November 2007, Ryan Gibson as project manager introduced the method of naming Android version based on the name of sweet foods. Moreover name must also sort by the sequence of letters of the alphabet, starting with Android 1.5 Cupcake in 2009 until now. Full the name list of the version of Android that was released with the code name after the version Cupcake (1.5) is the Donut (1.6), Eclair (2.0-2.1), Froyo (2.2-2.2.3), Gingerbread (2.3-2.3.7), Honeycomb (3.0-3.2.6) and Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0-4.0.4), Jelly Bean (4.1-4.3.1), KitKat (4.4-4.4.4), Lollipop (5.0-5.1. 1) and is now the last is Marshmallow (6.0).

Rest assured that Google Android will continue to develop over time. The latest version of Android in the next year will probably have code names with the prefix letter ‘N’. Most likely we will be able to witness the announcement of Android with the name prefix letter N at the Google I / O 2016.

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