Google unveils Android 5.0 Lollipop as an official name

15 October, 2014
In a surprise announcement today, Google revealed that Android L will be called Lollipop after all.

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  • AnonD-347716
  • Hkt
  • 02 Jan 2015

AnonD-347716, 02 Jan 2015as the names of android os are the names of choclates or ca... moreAnd it can be....MUNCH..also

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    • AnonD-347716
    • Hkt
    • 02 Jan 2015

    as the names of android os are the names of choclates or candys , so according to me ...the names should be - melody ,mars , milkybar ,milkyway ,marshmallow ....if more ill comment...

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      • jigs
      • bEK
      • 23 Nov 2014

      Melody is next version name....

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        • Milo335
        • Qu8
        • 23 Oct 2014

        Release Date?, 19 Oct 2014Anyone speculating when android L will be released? November 3 is the release date according to google

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          • Anonymous
          • sEy
          • 20 Oct 2014

          The next Android release (M) will be Milkshake (that's my opinion)

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            • Rey
            • t7X
            • 19 Oct 2014

            Android Muncher

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              • Release Date?
              • k10
              • 19 Oct 2014

              Anyone speculating when android L will be released?

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                • Anonymous
                • 7XX
                • 18 Oct 2014

                Around the time of KitKat's launch, I know I have read an article somewhere speculating that following Google's Jelly Bean and KitKat naming scheme their next iterations of their OS versions might be seen in branded codenames, too. I thought of course they could always do such but they simply just can't do so without settling agreements/contracts or even partnerships to the brand they'd choose next.

                I also do recall majority commenters speculating Android 5.0 would be called Key Lime Pie in just about every site I visited. Ah, the magic of rumors and the power of suggestion. Lol.

                Licorice, Lindt and Lion (choccy bar as someone commented) are all plausible as they do fall under Android's flavors of sweets, candies, confectionaries and desserts. Among the three, Lindt is the more popular term in my 3rd-world Asian country. Even so, Lindt, is an expensive imported brand and is not that much popular amongst our lower middle class and down the social class. I personally have yet to see Lion Bars being sold in major groceries even if we have Nestle importer here.

                IMO, selecting Lion could just cause headaches for Google unless they have backup plans to deflect Apple's eyes from them. Pretty sure Google wouldn't want any pressure from them as they intend to launch two new Nexus products with Lollipop out-of-the-box. Even if Google would intend Lion to be used with a diferrent meaning as opposed to which Apple used the Lion term to match the feline theme of some of their OS X versions, it wouldn't end well for Google.

                Then it occurred to me, why another chocolate brand or term for a major Android version update? Observing their version naming pattern, they tend to diversify them as not to be similar with each other. That way we would see less of people questioning their ceativity when it comes to deciding a version name. Honestly, I applaud whoever person or team behind the choosing of Lollipop as latest version name. They could give people wanting Mars (bar) for Android 6 smiles and hopes unless they are literally dropping branded names for future versions. While I'm not against another choccy branded version, I could only leave Google freely to decide version names they desire. But maybe if in the near future that they name their next version as some type of choccy or another choccy brand, by then, I'd recognize them for their chocolate obssession. Lol :-)

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                  • arman
                  • L6W
                  • 18 Oct 2014

                  Of course the next is android muffin

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                    • it'sagoodday
                    • t@N
                    • 18 Oct 2014

                    Meringue or Macaron~

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                      • hihi
                      • ibr
                      • 17 Oct 2014

                      next could be "monkey"

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                        • buuuuutv
                        • jJL
                        • 17 Oct 2014

                        next is M and m

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                          • san
                          • TSL
                          • 16 Oct 2014

                          Nxt could be, Mango

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                            • WhosYourMama
                            • vx6
                            • 16 Oct 2014

                            Next could be, Macarons. :3

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                              • Knuse
                              • Mu6
                              • 16 Oct 2014

                              SuperUser, 16 Oct 2014U are obviously DRUNK !!!And you're obviously out of liquer....

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                                • KZ8
                                • 16 Oct 2014

                                Dazzz, 16 Oct 2014Will nokia lumia get it?U are obviously DRUNK !!!

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                                  • vIx
                                  • 16 Oct 2014

                                  Is it compatible for Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 ???

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                                    • NCe
                                    • 16 Oct 2014

                                    Dpx, 15 Oct 2014Good move! Lollipop is so much cooler than Lion. And this ... moreAnd even better than that is the idea there isn't a hidden commercial agenda for "naming" deals, be it with Nestle (Kitkat and Lion) or anyone else.

                                    Not that it would matter too much, but it does make a difference to some.

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                                      • Dazzz
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                                      • 16 Oct 2014

                                      Will nokia lumia get it?

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                                        • AnonD-39334
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                                        • 16 Oct 2014

                                        Lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli
                                        Lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli
                                        Lollipop lollipop oh lolli lolli lolli....lollipop POP!
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