The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. The operating system has been developed by Google on a yearly schedule since at least 2011. New major releases are announced at Google I/O in May along with beta testing with the stable version usually released to the public between August and October.
27-559: [REDACTED] Look up holo or holo- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Holo may refer to: Holo, the theme formerly recommended by Google for the design of Android apps, introduced with Android version 4.0 holo, the codename of SteamOS 3.0 Hölö , a village in Södertälje Municipality, Sweden Hoklo people (also spelled Hō-ló or Holo ),
54-526: A confectionery -themed naming scheme for public releases, starting with Android 1.5 Cupcake. Google announced in August 2019 they were ending the confectionery theming scheme to use numerical ordering for future versions. The first release under the numerical order format was Android 10 , which was released in September 2019. In 2017, Google announced that Google Play would begin to require apps to target
81-825: A 1978 single-issue comic book about holography, The Amazing Adventures of Holo-Man Holo ( Spice and Wolf ) , the main female character of the Spice and Wolf light novel series Holo-Me, the name of the character customisation process in the video game Elite: Dangerous HOLO card , a public transit smart card used in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Holo All pages with titles containing Holo Holos (disambiguation) Holocaust Holocene Holodomor Holography (disambiguation) Holon (disambiguation) Holotype , biological type Holism Rolo Solo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
108-609: A Han ethnic group whose traditional homeland is in South China Holo or Hoklo the varieties in the Min Nan family of Chinese spoken by the Hoklo people Théodore Holo (b. 1948), Beninese politician and foreign minister of Benin from 1991 to 1992 Holo-Man , fictional American superhero who starred in a 1978 single-issue comic book about holography, The Amazing Adventures of Holo-Man Holo ( Spice and Wolf ) ,
135-490: A number of features: On April 27, 2009, the Android 1.5 update was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.27. This was the first release to officially use a codename based on a dessert item ("Cupcake"), a theme used for all releases until Android Pie , with Android 10 and later using a number-only system. The update included several new features and UI amendments: On September 15, 2009, Android 1.6 – dubbed Donut –
162-443: A recent Android version. Since then, a new major Android version has been released in the second half of each year, and apps must target it by August 31 of the following year for new apps, or November 1 for app updates. The following tables show the release dates and key features of all Android operating system updates to date, listed chronologically by their official application programming interface (API) levels. Android 1.0,
189-413: A version of Android KitKat exclusive to Android Wear devices was released. Android 5.0 "Lollipop" was unveiled under the codename "Android L" on June 25, 2014, during Google I/O . It became available as an official over-the-air (OTA) update on November 12, 2014, for select devices that run distributions of Android serviced by Google, including Nexus and Google Play edition devices. Its source code
216-421: A week, although the second-generation Nexus 7 tablet was the first device to officially ship with it. A minor bug fix update was released on August 22, 2013. Google announced Android 4.4 KitKat on September 3, 2013. Although initially under the "Key Lime Pie" ("KLP") codename, the name was changed because "very few people actually know the taste of a key lime pie ." Some technology bloggers also expected
243-401: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages holo [REDACTED] Look up holo or holo- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Holo may refer to: Holo, the theme formerly recommended by Google for the design of Android apps, introduced with Android version 4.0 holo,
270-473: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Android version history#Android 4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich The development of Android started in 2003 by Android, Inc., which was purchased by Google in 2005. There were at least two internal releases of the software inside Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) before the beta version
297-497: Is the seventh major release of the Android operating system. It was first released as a developer preview on March 9, 2016, with factory images for supported Nexus devices, as well as with the new "Android Beta Program" which allows supported devices to be upgraded directly to the Android Nougat beta via an over-the-air update. The final release was on August 22, 2016. The final preview build was released on July 18, 2016, with
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#1732775287041324-683: The Apache License . The first public release of Android 1.0 occurred with the release of the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream) in October 2008. Android 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names . The code names "Astro Boy" and "Bender" were tagged internally on some of the early pre-1.0 milestone builds and were never used as the actual code names of the 1.0 and 1.1 releases of the OS. The project manager, Ryan Gibson, conceived using
351-498: The Google I/O conference on June 27, 2012. Based on Linux kernel 3.0.31, Jelly Bean was an incremental update with the primary aim of improving the functionality and performance of the user interface. The performance improvement involved "Project Butter", which uses touch anticipation, triple buffering , extended vsync timing and a fixed frame rate of 60 fps to create a fluid and "buttery-smooth" UI. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
378-504: The "Key Lime Pie" release to be Android 5. KitKat debuted on Google's Nexus 5 on October 31, 2013, and was optimized to run on a greater range of devices than earlier Android versions, having 512 MB of RAM as a recommended minimum; those improvements were known as "Project Svelte" internally at Google. The required minimum amount of RAM available to Android is 340 MB, and all devices with less than 512 MB of RAM must report themselves as "low RAM" devices. On June 24, 2014,
405-539: The Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) SDK was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.35. Changes included: On February 22, 2011, the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) SDK – the first tablet -only Android update – was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.36. The first device featuring this version, the Motorola Xoom tablet, was released on February 24, 2011. The update's features included: The SDK for Android 4.0.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich), based on Linux kernel 3.0.1,
432-458: The codename of SteamOS 3.0 Hölö , a village in Södertälje Municipality, Sweden Hoklo people (also spelled Hō-ló or Holo ), a Han ethnic group whose traditional homeland is in South China Holo or Hoklo the varieties in the Min Nan family of Chinese spoken by the Hoklo people Théodore Holo (b. 1948), Beninese politician and foreign minister of Benin from 1991 to 1992 Holo-Man , fictional American superhero who starred in
459-580: The first commercial version of the software, was released on September 23, 2008. The first commercially available Android device was the HTC Dream . On February 9, 2009, the Android 1.1 update was released, initially for the HTC Dream only. Android 1.1 was known as " Petit Four " internally, though this name was not used officially. The update resolved bugs, changed the Android API and added
486-602: The main female character of the Spice and Wolf light novel series Holo-Me, the name of the character customisation process in the video game Elite: Dangerous HOLO card , a public transit smart card used in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Holo All pages with titles containing Holo Holos (disambiguation) Holocaust Holocene Holodomor Holography (disambiguation) Holon (disambiguation) Holotype , biological type Holism Rolo Solo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
513-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Holo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holo&oldid=1189360614 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
540-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Holo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Holo&oldid=1189360614 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
567-466: The slogan "A new flavor of Jelly Bean". Jelly Bean 4.2 was based on Linux kernel 3.4.0, and debuted on Google's Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 , which were released on November 13, 2012. Google released Jelly Bean 4.3 under the slogan "An even sweeter Jelly Bean" on July 24, 2013, during an event in San Francisco called "Breakfast with Sundar Pichai ". Most Nexus devices received the update within
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#1732775287041594-696: Was made available on November 3, 2014. Lollipop features a redesigned user interface built around a responsive design language referred to as " material design ". Other changes include improvements to the notifications, which can be accessed from the lockscreen and displayed within applications as top-of-the-screen banners. Furthermore, Google made internal changes to the platform, with the Android Runtime (ART) officially replacing Dalvik for improved application performance, and with changes intended to improve and optimize battery usage, known internally as Project Volta . Android 6.0 "Marshmallow"
621-448: Was publicly released on October 19, 2011. Google's Gabe Cohen stated that Android 4.0 was "theoretically compatible" with any Android 2.3.x device in production at that time. The source code for Android 4.0 became available on November 14, 2011. Ice Cream Sandwich was the last version to officially support Adobe Systems ' Flash player . The update introduced numerous new features: Google announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) at
648-613: Was released to the Android Open Source Project on July 9, 2012, and the Nexus 7 tablet, the first device to run Jelly Bean, was released on July 13, 2012. Google was expected to announce Jelly Bean 4.2 at an event in New York City on October 29, 2012, but the event was cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy . Instead of rescheduling the live event, Google announced the new version with a press release, under
675-459: Was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.29. Included in the update were numerous new features: On October 27, 2009, the Android 2.0 SDK was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.29 and codenamed Eclair . Changes include the ones listed below. On May 20, 2010, the SDK for Android 2.2 (Froyo, short for frozen yogurt ) was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.32. On December 6, 2010,
702-425: Was released. The beta was released on November 5, 2007, while the software development kit (SDK) was released on November 12, 2007. Several public beta versions of the SDK were released. These releases were done through software emulation as physical devices did not exist to test the operating system. Both the operating system itself and the SDK were released along with their source code, as free software under
729-622: Was unveiled under the codename "Android M" during Google I/O on May 28, 2015, for the Nexus ;5 and Nexus 6 phones, Nexus 9 tablet, and Nexus Player set-top box, under the build number MPZ44Q. The third developer preview (MPA44G) was released on August 17, 2015, for the Nexus ;5, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Nexus Player devices, and was updated to MPA44I that brought fixes related to Android for Work profiles. Android "Nougat" (codenamed N in-development)
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