Android is the most dominant mobile OS in the world. The android history began with android inc., which was founded by four entrepreneurs including Andy Rubin who wanted to create smarter phones that were more aware of its owners’ preferences and location. It powers over one billion active devices and has reached a whopping 85% of the total global market share.

Google acquired Android in 2005 and things changed. They launched the android beta program, an open-source mobile OS that was not dependent on a hardware manufacturer’s approval or collaboration with carriers. The Android beta program was announced in 2007 and android version one (aka android “Donut”) arrived in September 2008.

Android was started as a project that would be open-sourced, and it had been originally planned to be used on the Blackberry device but then they (the founders) decided not to partner with blackberry anymore, so android became its own OS instead of being an add-on for another operating system.

The history behind the first Android logo:

The Android robot is a fictional character appearing in American science fiction movies with the name of “Android”. The android was created by Dr. Charles Latham, who wanted to be able to explore human emotions and feelings without any limitations put on him as to how he expressed them through his own body language or actions

Since 2003 when Android Inc started developing its mobile operating system these robots have been associated with it because they were used during development phases for their logo – but not anymore! They switched from an android robot to two green dots back in 2015. Nowadays, there are many theories about why they did that; some mention it’s because Andy Rubin left Google and the android project, and some say they did it because the robot was becoming too much of a symbol for Android.

Android history: All the major OS Android versions list so far

Version One – aka Android Donut- arrived on September 15th, 2008 as well as Android Éclair and Android Froyo. The keyboard was introduced in 2009 to replace the default touchscreen keyboards that were available at this point for android phones. Android Gingerbread came out in December 2010 and saw a significant increase in market share because Apple’s iOS did not have multitasking capabilities at the time of its release, which detracted from user experience significantly enough for people to switch over to android devices with their multitasking abilities intact. Version Four (aka android Ice Cream Sandwich) rolled around November 2011 when Google made an announcement about it during their developer conference WWDC2011 while they also announced android Jelly Bean.

October 2003: Android Inc is founded by Rich Miner, Nick Sears, Chris White, and Andy Rubin.

2005: Google buys android for an undisclosed amount of money. The company’s name changes to android inc./Google Inc.

At the time, android had a team of about 20 people working on it in secret from Google headquarters in Mountain View. They were all given access to google mail as well as the ability to work on any project they wanted within Google’s office space with other employees, but the only android was allowed without approval from Larry Page or Sergey Brin (the founders). This proved difficult, so eventually, Gmail became available outside their offices too if you used certain computers that could access internal networks at times when not everybody was working.

2007: android’s first public release series android beta, which is now known as android canaries begins

2008: Android Cupcake released

2009: Android Donut Released

2010: Android Éclair Released

2011: Google releases their Nexus S Phone running Gingerbread; HTC announces a phone called One X running Ice Cream Sandwich at Mobile World Congress 2012 in Barcelona. Samsung also announced Galaxy Note II at IFA Berlin 2012

2012: Jellybean released in October.

2013: android KitKat releases on 19 August 2013, and it’s the first Android OS that is optimized for use on tablets as well as phones

2014: android Lollipop Released, Android TV announced at Google I/O 2014, android Auto was also introduced (with a new car) at Google I/O 2014. Android Wear has also been unveiled by google

2015: Marshmallow released to Nexus devices including what people are labeling ‘the best nexus phone ever’, The Nexus S running marshmallow – with most of the features now updated from the jelly bean and KitKat included; Samsung unveils Galaxy Note VII which runs Marshmallow out of the box too- this will be the first android phone to have Marshmallow pre-installed

2016: Android Nougat, Google’s new OS announced at Google I/O 2016 with new features like multi-window mode and better battery life

2017: Android Oreo released on 21st September 2017. It is the 18th version of android OS. Android O was also officially announced on May 17, 2018, by google as its latest update for Android OS whereas it would release from Q third quarter (Q) of this year until now there is not any news about future updates or beta testing versions available yet, so we cannot say anything more than that but most likely next major release will be android P which means that this name might come after “Oreo” if they follow android’s alphabetical order.

2018: android Pie was released on 17th August 2018, and it is the ninth major release of Android OS which comes with many new features like App Slices, Adaptive Battery, Gesture Navigation as well as other minor updates

2019: Android 10 is 2019. “Android will prove that a better product can come from an open environment.” Andy Rubin said at the time.

2020: Android 11 is released in 2020 with minor updates to Android 10.

2021: Android 12 is announced by Google and currently public betas are available.

Why did Google get rid of sweet names from the Android 10 release?

The company is moving to a more conventional alpha-beta numbering system, starting with the release of Android O. This means we’ll be seeing android “O” and android “P,” rather than android “Oreo.” Google has also said that its previous naming code didn’t reflect what was happening internally at the company — which in retrospect seems plain silly considering how many people mocked it for being so nonsensical.

Google Pixel Android experience:

Version One – aka Android Donut- arrived on September 15th, 2008 as well as Android Éclair and Android Froyo. The keyboard was introduced in 2009 to replace the default touchscreen keyboards that were available at this point for android phones. Android Gingerbread came out in December 2010 and saw a significant increase in market share because Apple’s iOS did not have multitasking capabilities at the time of its release, which detracted from user experience significantly enough for people to switch over to android devices with their multitasking abilities intact. Version Four (aka android Ice Cream Sandwich) rolled around November 2011 when Google made an announcement about it during their developer conference WWDC2011 while they also announced android Jelly Bean.

Google Pixel is the first Google-branded phone. It’s also the best android experience on any smartphone, ever. You might want to believe that this sounds like a marketing strategy but you can truly see it in every little detail of how everything works together seamlessly from hardware to software. The way Gmail and Photos compliment each other; all your messages show up as attachments to emails automatically when they arrive, for example. Or if you’re browsing photos already stored in your gallery app with one finger swiping right or left will jump between albums while another finger swipe down opens the photo viewer tab where smaller thumbnail previews are visible so scrolling through them is a breeze no more hunting for small thumbnails across multiple screens anymore because now there’s just one screen.

The Google Pixel android experience is so good that it’s worth upgrading your phone to this just for the software — even if you’re still holding onto an old android device, which I did myself until recently.

What is the future of Android?

Google has been the driving force behind Android for years, but while they had a large hand in shaping it, so did many others. Google’s VP of Android product management recently said that “we’re not interested in being a hardware company.” This is large because phone manufacturers like Samsung and HTC are able to make great devices without much input from Google. And indeed, when you compare their newest phones with other top models by Apple and Microsoft, such as the iPhone XS Max or Surface Phone respectively*, there isn’t really any difference – all four will do just about anything you need them to do brilliantly well.

Timeline of Android features and updates:

2003 – present-day: After acquiring android in 2005 google begins work on improving Android’s design using its own interface principles. They also began porting android to use their services such as Google Maps for location tracking (they had been doing this since 2004). The hardware redesign improves performance, but android still has flaws in the android interface

2007 – 2009: Android improved a lot and android apps are released such as Google Maps, Gmail, Google Talk. The Blackberry Storm is launched with android on it!

2010-2011: android OS updated to gingerbread, which allows for multitouch and other enhancements

2012: Jellybean update came out of beta testing stage into final release and included android’s first major tablet features. It also includes changes that make the Android experience better for developers (such as “resizable activity”). This leads to an increase in quality apps being available through most app stores, including Google Play Store)

2013 – 2015: KitKat version followed next after a jelly bean was released this year(2013). More tablets were released running android KitKat (LG G Pad, Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.0) and Android TV was announced at Google I/O 2014

2016: Marshmallow release followed next after KitKat which includes battery life enhancements, better app permissions management well as other performance updates

2017-present day: Nougat version is the current android OS being used on many new android phones and tablets, including 2017’s Pixel phone by google. On 18th October of this year (2017), google announces that Android Oreo will be released in Q third quarter(Q) with features like more personalization options among others.

The android history is a long and complicated one, but with the rise of android in the modern-day, we are seeing more people choosing android smartphones over apple phones. We will continue to update this blog post as android’s history evolves! Be sure to subscribe for updates on our blog by entering your email address below: