Google celebrates Android's 10th birthday with a look back at its history

Peter, 23 October 2018

Android turned 10 this year and to commemorate the occasion, Google brought out the family album to show images of its little robo-baby growing up. You can read the full post over at the official Google Blog.

There are interesting tidbits and reminders of how far we’ve come. Android 1.0 didn’t even support on-screen keyboards! 1.5 Cupcake enabled those and good thing too, since hardware keyboards died off quickly.

You can even trace the evolution of the Google Assistant. Starting with the Quick Search Box in 1.6 Donut, Voice Actions in 2.2 Froyo, Google Now in 4.1 Jelly Bean, “OK Google” in 4.4 KitKat and Now on Tap in 6.0 Marshmallow.

Again, check the Google Blog for the whole story, here’s a quick slideshow for the more impatient.

Cupcake Eclair (Android 2.0+) changed driving forever with Google Maps navigation and speech-to-text. Voice Actions in Froyo (Android 2.2+) helped you do even more hands-free. Gingerbread (Android 2.3) added early battery management capabilities. Honeycomb (Android 3.0) extended Android to more shapes and sizes. Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) brought personalized and intelligent assistance to the palm of your hand Android 5.0’s Lollipop brought great design to Android N was for Nougat (Android 7.0) and new emoji The world’s favorite cookie became the world’s favorite new Android release—Android 8.0 Oreo Android 9 Pie serves a slice of Digital Wellbeing
A quick history of Android

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