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What is android

Hare, we are lean what is android and the history of Android versions. Android is an open-source and Linux-based Operating System for smartphones and tablets, TV, Wear. Android was developed by  Open Handset Alliance, led by Google. And Inventors of Android is Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears.  Also, You can read hare history of android versions. All versions on Android and their name and Release date.

The first beta version of the Android Software Development Kit (SDK) was released by Google in 2007. Android 1.0, was released in September 2008. There are many code names of android such as Lollipop, Kitkat, Jelly Bean, Ice cream Sandwich, Froyo, Eclair, Donut etc which are covered on the next page.

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History of android versions

Below the table, you can see all History of the android version and its name with the release date.

  • Code
    name
 Version
number		 Linux kernel
version		 Initial release
date		 API
level
   (No codename)     1.0    ? September 23, 2008 1
    Petit Four     1.1    2.6 February 9, 2009 2
   Cupcake     1.5    2.6.27 April 27, 2009 3
   Donut     1.6    2.6.29 September 15, 2009 4
   Eclair   2.0 – 2.1    2.6.29 October 26, 2009 5 – 7
   Froyo   2.2 – 2.2.3 2.6.32 May 20, 2010 8
   Gingerbread   2.3 – 2.3.7 2.6.35 December 6, 2010 9 – 10
Honeycomb 3.0 – 3.2.6 2.6.36 February 22, 2011 11 – 13
Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 – 4.0.4 3.0.1 October 18, 2011 14 – 15
Jelly Bean 4.1 – 4.3.1 3.0.31 to 3.4.39 July 9, 2012 16 – 18
   KitKat 4.4 – 4.4.4 3.10 October 31, 2013 19 – 20
  Lollipop 5.0 – 5.1.1 3.16 November 12, 2014 21 – 22
  Marshmallow 6.0 – 6.0.1 3.18 October 5, 2015 23
  Nougat 7.0 – 7.1.2 4.4 August 22, 2016 24 – 25
  Oreo 8.0 – 8.1 4.10 August 21, 2017 26 – 27
  Pie 9.0 4.4.107, 4.9.84, and 4.14.42 August 6, 2018 28
Android 10                    10                                             September 3, 2019.             29

Android 11                     11                                            8 September 2020               30

 Android 12                                                                       October 4, 2021

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