Latest Android versions: 10 years operating system

Ten years of Android with latest releases last born 8.1 Oreo. A decade that has revolutionized the concept of mobile operating system since November 5, 2007, when the veils were removed from the OS of the Green Robot that is now installed on 2 billion devices worldwide, resulting in truly universal software and global. Centuries ago, they demonstrated how good Google was to acquire the "just" $ 50 million project and to invest over important investments, with the result of receiving a real fortune.

Let's go back to the Android story resuming this fantastic journey that represents the latest American dream event from the idea of ​​a single team to a project that has seen the release of so many updates up to the lucky latest versions of Android that have made the experience more and more fulfilling and rich

A decade with Android from the very first version 1.0 to the present 8.1 Oreo for countless updates that have made the OS with the symbol of the green robotic could become one of the most successful projects in the history of computer science. Currently, it is mounted on 82% of smartphones and 66% of tablets (data referring to the last quarter of 2016) by getting more online access than even Windows.

The origins of Android

Andy Rubin (photo), along with Rich Miner, Chris White and Nick Sears set up a startup to work on an operating system for mobile devices. They were not unknown since Rubin and Miner had co-founded Danger (and the latter also Wildfire Communication), White was the author of Web TV UIs, and Sears was the Vice President of the American T-Mobile Operator. The name of the newborn company was Android Inc.

In the early months, startup was secretly ending soon the pre-set budget, which was blown up by another $ 10,000 paid by Rubin's friend, Steve Perlman, fund lost and without becoming an integral part of the project. Given that the project was spinning swollen, it came directly to the offices of Google, which offered a lavish offer of $ 50 million.

Offer that was accepted so that on August 17 in 2005 everything went into the hands of the Mountain View giant who had found the landing to attempt to conquer the mobile sector in person. Andy Rubin remained at the head of the project, a very wise decision by Google, so it did not interrupt the flow and continued to work on the foundations of a Linux

What is Android, the glossary

OPEN SOURCE : Android's soul is Open Source, as originally project – see previous paragraph – so this is its nature . Based on Linux 2.6 and 3.x kernel (from Android 4.0 onwards), with middleware, also strengthened on the C and / or C ++ libraries and APIs at first, KitKat then turned to Dalvik virtual machine through ART (Android RunTime) 5.0 Lollipop

UPDATES : Cross and delight of the operating system that is constantly improving and changing in aesthetics, graphics and content. The device buys and dresses again every time, until updates are suspended and then comes to the end of "life." Keep using it albeit no longer in step with the times (especially in terms of security)? The risk is that. Not to mention that many updates are promised and arrive, if they arrive, very late. Every update of Android is of course free of charge.

LAUNCHER : The launcher is the system application that manages everything else. You can rightly mean the homepage from which you can manage all your experience, features, notifications, content, settings, and utilities.

GREEN ROBOTTINO : is the Android logo, which is never changed in substance, but only in aesthetics if so can be said. Each operating system version has a nickname referring to a sweet one. From KitKat onwards it has also opened up to commercial sponsorships, as well as recently with Oreo.

NEXUS : The First Family of Android Devices That Began With The Glorious Nexus One And It Continues up to Nexus 6P and 5X. They were produced by very important names like LG, HTC and Samsung. We've got everything: Nexus 5, Nexus 5x, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus 9, Nexus 7, Nexus Player and Convertible Pixel C.

PIXEL : Nexus Replaced , moving to the premium sector with higher quality construction materials as well as a more important price. After the first generation, Pixel 2 went second with LG and Huawei as a producer.

Android 1: from Cupcake to Donut

Android lived its own sunrise with the first smartphone that supported it HTC Dream which was introduced on October 22, 2008 featuring a touchscreen, a full physical keyboard

The first round of updates continued with version 1.1 and 1.6 nicknamed Cupcake up to to 1.6 Donut who continued the alphabetical order with graphic enhancement and functionality enhancements.

Android 2: from Eclair to Gingerbread

A second generation one rich in twists and turns of the Android that began on October 27, 2009 with Eclair 2.0 with full Bluetooth support even for file sending and not just for communication, l 'introduction of smart dictionary and live wallpaper. In 2010 it was the turn of Froyo 2.2 with the new Linux kernel 2.6.32, a new JIT compiler, V8 Engine for JavaScript, finally the ability to use the phone as a wireless modem with tethering Native Wi-Fi and the great news of installing apps on SD memory. Android 2.3 Gingerbread introduced NFC support

Android 3 Honeycomb

Android 3 Honeycomb you can remember how the latest Google's operating system expressly designed for the tablet world that carried a completely revised and correct interface. But it was immediately understood that this division was no longer what.

Android 4: from Ice Cream Sandwich to Kit Kat

Three Android versions in Fourth Generation: It started with Ice Cream Sandwich alias 4.0 which is collimated with the officiality of the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus finally making the tablets and smartphone versions coincide. The x86 chip was finally natively supported and the device could act as a multitouch touchpad if connected to a PC. In addition, you were guaranteed the ability to scroll to the latest apps and to synchronize your browser bookmarks.

Jelly Bean alias 4.2 introduced novelties such as Google's Circle Photosphere interactive notifications and the Google Now Voice Assistant trying to put some stick between the wheels in Siri. The Android 4.3 Jelly Bean version was also presented with OpenGL ES 3.0 and Bluetooth 4.0 support as well as multi-user and gestures. Android 4.4 KitKat debut on new Nexus with the exception of the Galaxy Nexus and improved both the voice server and the Open Storage Framework to improve file management

Android 5 Lollipop

Android 6 Marshmallow

Android Marshmallow is the sixth generation of Google operating system that seeks to further focus the use of digital assistant Now and significantly increases the security of the device. Also, dramatically increases battery autonomy with Doze

Android 7 Nougat

Nugat 7 had been brought to fruition by the first generation of Pixel Pixel and Pixel XL, which opened up to the brand new premium in both aesthetics and in very heavy prices and far beyond those of the Nexus. It introduces multi-windows and is more determined on secure digital payments.

Android 8 Oreo

The latest version of the operating system is Android 8 Oreo that debuted on the new generation of Pixel Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, following the trend of the previous year bringing new features like the bezel-less screen in 18: 9 format and a still camera more comfortable on the back. Among the innovations of the OS there is a more intelligent and profound management of the screen, especially and thanks to the multi-windows.