On September 15, 2009, Android 1.6 was released with the name Donut. It supports third-party virtual keyboard, Video recording and playback in MPEG-4, Copy and paste feature, Animated screen translations, auto-rotation option, ability to upload a video to YouTube, upload photos to Picasa, check phone usage history. On April 27, 2009, the Android updated to 1.5 with the codename of the dessert item (Cupcake). This version contains Google Calendar, Google Maps, Google Sync, Google Search, Google Talk, Instant messaging, Media player, Notifications appear in the status bar, wallpaper, YouTube video player, Alarm Clock, Calculator, Dialer, Pictures (Gallery), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support. It supports Web browser to show HTML and XHTML web pages, camera, access web email server (POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP). It is the initial version of Android operating system. Android versions, name, and API level Code nameĪndroid officially publish its Android version 1.0 in September 2008. The first Android version which was released under the numerical order format was Android 10. Google announced in August 2019 that they were ending the confectionery scheme, and they use numerical ordering for future Android versions. The first Android mobile was publicly released with Android 1.0 of the T-Mobile G1 (aka HTC Dream) in October 2008. The beta version of Android OS was released on November 5, 2007, while the software development kit (SDK) was released on November 12, 2007.

Later on, it was purchased by Google in 2005.

The development of the Android operating system was started in 2003 by Android, Inc.

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