The first release under the numerical order format was Android 10, which was released September 2019.

Google announced in August 2019 they were ending the confectionery theming scheme to use numerical ordering for future versions.

The project manager, Ryan Gibson, conceived using a confectionery-themed naming scheme for public releases, starting with Android 1.5 Cupcake. 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. Android 1.0 and 1.1 were not released under specific code names. The first public release of Android 1.0 occurred with the release of the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream) in October 2008. These releases were done through software emulation as physical devices did not exist to test the operating system. Several public beta versions of the SDK were released. The beta was released on November 5, 2007, while the software development kit (SDK) was released on November 12, 2007.

There were at least two internal releases of the software inside Google and the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) before the beta version was released. The development of Android started in 2003 by Android, Inc., which was purchased by Google in 2005. 2.11.1 Android 4.4W KitKat, with wearable extensions.You can follow us on Twitter, add us to your circle on Google+ or like our Facebook page to keep yourself updated on all the latest from Microsoft, Google, Apple and the web. Download Chrome for Android (ICS Only) īe sure to check out our Android Apps gallery to explore more apps for your Android device.Then again, we believe the guys over at XDA-Developers will be able to port Chrome to older versions of Android. Yes, yes, we know, only 1% of Android users have a device with Ice Cream Sandwich so this is a big limitation. Now, about the bad news Chrome for Android only works on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. If you’re signed in to the same account on both your desktop and your smartphone/tablet, you can see the tabs you left open, get smarter suggestions and, of course, sync bookmarks!Ĭhrome for Android is available for free and can be downloaded for free from the link embedded below. The one feature that makes Chrome for Android so very special is its tight integration with Chrome on the desktop.

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