At one point Sundar Pichai had said he’d ask his mother or let fans vote for the official Android N name and, true to form, Google did a Google Opinions Rewards poll on dessert names starting with the letter ‘N’. Android N was known internally as New York Cheesecake and during the I/O keynote, users were invited to suggest names for Android N.
Finally, at long last and after a period of consulting with public opinion, Google has announced the official name of Android N, it is called *drum roll*: ANDROID NOUGAT.
Recent figures from Google’s Android Usage Page reveals just 10% of current Android handsets are running Android Marshmallow — that is an exceptionally low figure for a platform as big as Android. Even more so when you compare adoption rates to Apple’s iOS platform, despite the differences between how Google and Apple do things.
Here’s a break down of the Android spread across devices between May and June:
Here’s a quick rundown of what’s included in the final Developer Preview of Nougat:
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Recent figures from Google’s Android Usage Page reveals just 10% of current Android handsets are running Android Marshmallow — that is an exceptionally low figure for a platform as big as Android. Even more so when you compare adoption rates to Apple’s iOS platform, despite the differences between how Google and Apple do things.
Here’s a break down of the Android spread across devices between May and June:
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow (October 2015): Up 2.6 points to 10.1 percent.
- Android 5.0/5.1 Lollipop (November 2014, March 2015): Down 0.2 points to 35.4 percent.
- Android 4.4 KitKat (October 2013): Down 0.9 points to 31.6 percent.
- Android 4.1/4.2/4.3 Jelly Bean (July 2012, November 2012, and July 2013): Down 1.2 points to 18.9 percent.
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (December 2011): Down 0.1 points to 1.9 percent.
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread (February 2011): Down 0.2 points to 2.0 percent.
- Android 2.2 Froyo (May 2010): Flat at 0.1 percent.
Here’s a quick rundown of what’s included in the final Developer Preview of Nougat:
- System images for Nexus and other preview devices.
- An emulator that you can use for doing the final testing of your apps to make sure they’re ready.
- The final N APIs (API level 24) and latest system behaviors and UI.
- The latest bug fixes and optimizations across the system and in preinstalled apps.
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