21 Interesting Facts About Android Operating System
As soon as you hear the name of an Android Smartphone, you imagine a Smartphone that is very easy to use and has a lot of apps and games available.
The biggest feature of Android phones is that it is available in every budget. You can also buy Android Smartphones even in small budgets.
Every work is possible only by phone today. But you know that creating this Android was not easy. After lots of efforts, this smart operating system has emerged today.
First of all, Let me tell you that Android was not Google’s product and there was a big twist behind the Android logo. There are many such interesting aspects behind Android. Let’s know today about 21 interesting facts about the Android operating system.
1. At first, you would be surprised to know that Android was not built as a mobile operating system. Rather this OS was made for digital cameras. Later, it’s makers made changes and prepared for the smartphone.
2. In the year 2003, Andy Rubin, Rich Minor, Nick Sears, and Chris White developed the Android operating system and the company that developed Android was named AndroidINC., Not Google
3. For the first time in 2004, the Android operating system was shown. But the destiny was something else approved.
4. In the next year, Google acquired Android Inc, and in 2005 Google expanded the development of the Android operating system. Google paid $ 50 million for Android Inc.
5. It took two years for Google to officially launch the Android operating system. On November 5, 2007, this operating system was introduced for mobile users for the first time.
6. You probably will not know that Android is a Linux based operating system. Linux is used for both computer and mobile.
7. There are no two opinions that after the advent of the Android operating system the touch screen phones ruled by this OS, but you may be surprised to know that the prototype which was performed on this phone was on the QWERTY keypad, which looks similar to old Blackberry phone.
8. Even after developing the operating system, the user had to wait for nearly one year for the first Android phone. On September 23, 2008, the first Android phone was introduced which was available for the user.
9. This smartphone was manufactured by HTC and was introduced as HTC Dream G1. That was not Google Nexus or Pixel phone.
10. So far it is observed that the name of every Android version is kept on any sweet. But so far there are only two versions that have not been named on sweets. These are Android Operating System 1.0 and Android 1.1. According to information, these Android 1.0 are called Alpha and Android 1.1 Beta. Both of these operating systems were not available for the common user.
11. The first Android phone that was available for the user was running on Android operating system 1.5 and its name was Cupcake. HTC Dream G1 was the first phone which was running on the Android operating system 1.5.
12. Google puts the name of the Android operating system in the name of sweets. Along with that, the name of the operating system also goes according to the alphabet in English.
A Astro — Android 1.0
B bender — Android 1.5; 1.0 and 1.0 testing versions were therefore not kept in the name of sweet. Also called alpha and beta versions in many places.
C Cupcake — Android 1.5
D Donut — Android 1.6
E Eclair — Android 2.0
F Froyo — Android 2.2
G Gingerbread — Android 2.3
H Honeycomb — Android 3.0
I Ice Cream Sandwich — Android 4.0
J Jelly Bean — Android 4.1–4.3.1
K KitKat — Android 4.4–4.4.4
L Lollipop — Android 5.0–5.1.1
M Marshmallow — Android 6.0–6.0.1
N Nougat— Android 7.0–7.1
O Orio — Android 8.0–8.1
P Pie — Android 9.0
Android version 10
13. So far, the Android operating system 3.0 Honeycomb has been the only operating system that is not available on any phone. It was designed specifically by Google for the tablet. It was then available to all OS phones and tablets.
14. You may have noticed that a green robot is shown for the Android operating system. But you would be surprised to know that it is not called Android by Google’s team. The Google team calls it bug droid. It is said that there was always a bug cache in Android and the team tries to fix it, so says bug droid.
15. Though the most interesting story is to make the Android logo. The burden of the construction of this logo was given to Irina Block, which was in the Google Marketing team. The robot visible in Google’s logo was created by being inspired by the men and women toilet sign on the toilet at airports. The very special thing was that this logo was prepared in just 5 minutes.
16. In 2004, Samsung had a chance to buy Android operating systems, but the company refused to buy it after saying that it does not seem to have a chance in the company.
17. Google is a member of the Open Handset Alliance and the company has kept the Android operating system platform open. This means that users can change the source code.
18. The best part of the Android operating system is that you get a lot of apps in it. You will be amazed to know that Google Play store has been recorded more than 48 billion installations of apps. Most of the app on the Playstore are free to use.
19. Android is known for its mail robots. But you probably do not know that the female robot is called ganoid.
20. The most important thing is that the Android-based device is also being used in space today. NASA has developed a floating space robot that works with the Nexus S handset. This device works on the Android Gingerbread operating system.
21. It is estimated that more than 1.5 billion people use the Android Operating System.
