Android is the world most preferred operating system used till the date with the most interesting names like Jelly Bean, Donut and Ice Cream Sandwich. I tell you all the details about these android operating system names till date with all the latest features.
What actually android is? Who is founded it. When the android operating system version is released? All these things will be given below.

WHAT ACTUALLY IS ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM?

We all know that android is Linux kernel based system which is specifically designed for the smart phones with touchscreen. Android is open source which was released under the Apache License.
Android provide its users a lot of features and functions, some of them are inbuilt and some of them are accessible by thousands of application. Android has reputable store known as Google Play Store filled with millions of app.
Where you can download applications of your choice. According to a survey in April-May 2013 android was the most popular platform used by almost 70% of the mobile developers.

FOUNDERS OF ANDROID OS

3 people were the founder of world most famous operating system. We must thanks to these people for their efforts in revaluating the smartphone.
These are the people behind it.
  •  Andy Rubin
  • Rich Minner
  • Chris White 

  • The first update was released on April, 27, 2007 under the codename “Cupcake”. The update include feature and some amendments.
  • On September, 15, 2009 Donut version was released which is based on Linux Kernel 2.6.29.
  • In the year 2009 android 2.0 SDK –codenamed Éclair was released based on Linux kernel 2.6.29. 
  • On 20 of May 2010 android SDK 2.2 Froyo was released which was based on Linux kernel 2.6.32.
  • The next version of android was Gingerbread based on 2.6.35.
  • On 22nd February of 2011, Android 3.0 Honeycomb was released basing on Linux Kernel 2.6.36. This was the first tablet update.
  • The (Ice Cream Sandwich) basing on Linux kernel 3.0.1 was publicly released on 19th of October in 2011. According to google android 4.0 was compatible with android 2.3x device.
  • At the Google I/0 conference on June 27, 2012 Jelly bean with the aim of improving of “Functionality” and performance of the user interface.
  • Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was the android open source project released on 9th of July in 2012. The device was first run on Jelly Bean.
  • Google launched android 4.4 KitKat on 3rd of September 2013 under the Codename “Key Lime Pie” very few people know about this thing. 
  • Google updated version “Android Lollipop” was released on 12 November 2014.
  • Android “Marshmallow” under the codename of “Android M” was released on 28 May 2015 for the nexus phone and tablet. The minimum ram required is 512 MB.
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