All you need to know about the Android OS

     Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190 countries around the world. I t's the ...

    

Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190 countries around the world. It's the largest installed base of any mobile platform and growing fast. Every day more than 1 million new Android devices are activated worldwide.

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      Today i would be sharing  all i think i know about the Android  OS.....

Android was developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and other top tech gaint.

Android is an open source and Linux-based Operating System for mobile devices such as   tablet and
smartphones.

The code names of android ranges from
A to P currently, such as Aestro, Blender, Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb,
Ice Cream Sandwitch, Jelly Bean, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow and  Pie.

On June 27, 2012, at the Google I/O conference, Google announced the next
 Android version, 4.1 Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean is an incremental update,
with the primary aim of improving the user interface, both in terms of functionality and performance

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Since the initial release, there have been many versions of Android, which is why if you have multiple Android devices (e.g., a smartphone and a tablet) there be noticeable differences. Below is a listing of each of the different major Android versions with their desert codenames.Android version 1.0 released on September 23, 2008.
Android version 1.5 (Cupcake) released on April 27, 2009.
Android version 1.6 (Donut) released on September 15, 2009.
Android version 2.0 released (Eclair) on October 29, 2009.
Android version 2.1 released on January 12, 2010.
Android version 2.2 (Froyo) released on May 20, 2010.
Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread) released on December 6, 2010.
Android version 3.0 (Honeycomb) released on February 22, 2011.
Android version 3.1 released on May 10, 2011.
Android version 3.2 released on July 15, 2011.
Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) released on October 8, 2011.
Android version 4.1 (Jelly Bean) released on July 9, 2012.
Android version 4.2 released on November 13, 2012.
Android version 4.3 released on July 24, 2013.
Android version 4.4 (KitKat) released on October 31, 2013.
Android version 5.0 (Lollipop) released on November 3, 2014.
Android version 6.0 (Marshmallow) released on October 5, 2015.
Android version 7.0 (Nougat) released on August 22, 2016.
Android version 8.0 (Oreo) released on August 21, 2017.

Android version  9.0 (pie)   released July 25,

Android is a powerful operating system competing with Apple 4GS and supports great features.

                    
   

  Features of Android

Few of them are listed below -    

Beautiful UI

Android OS basic screen provides a beautiful and intuitive user interface.  

Connectivity

GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, NFC and WiMAX.
   

Storage

SQLite, a lightweight relational database, is used for data storage purposes.
    

Media support

H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB, AAC, HE-AAC, AAC 5.1, MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, and BMP.

Messaging

SMS and MMS

Web browser

Based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine supporting HTML5 and CSS3. 

Multi-touch

Android has native support for multi-touch which was initially made available in handsets such as the HTC Hero. 

Multi-tasking

User can jump from one task to another and same time various application can run simultaneously.  

Resizable widgets

Widgets are resizable, so users can expand them to show more content or shrink them to save space.

Multi-Language

Supports single direction and bi-directional text.

GCM

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) is a service that lets developers send short message data to their users on Android devices, without needing a proprietary sync solution.    

Wi-Fi Direct

A technology that lets apps discover and pair directly, over a high-bandwidth peer-to-peer connection.  

Android Beam

A popular NFC-based technology that lets users instantly share, just by touching two NFC-enabled phones together.
Android Applications

Android applications are usually developed in the Java language using the Android Software Development Kit.

Once developed, Android applications can be packaged easily and sold out either through a store such as Google Play, SlideME, Opera Mobile Store, Mobango, F-droid and the Amazon Appstore.

Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile devices in more than 190 countries around the world. It's the largest installed base of any mobile platform and growing fast. Every day more than 1 million new Android devices are activated worldwide.

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