

Android 1.0 was released on 23 September 2008 and after that, it was updated to1.1 on 9 February 2009.

Android names started after 1.5 versions and in an an official statement after 4.4 version, Google said, “Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert.”That’s why all Android versions were named after desserts.Īndroid version 1.0 and 1.1 were also known as alpha and beta versions. More advanced versions will continue to be evolved in the future. So, Android faced new challenges to beat iOS but during this time Google was still working on Android secretly. In 29 June 2007,iPhone was released by Apple Inc with iOS, which was the first OS in the mobile market. In 2005, Android was bought by Google and Andy Rubin along with other co-founders continued working under new owners. Firstly, Andy Rubin developed Android OS for digital cameras but he realized that the market for digital camera operating systems perhaps was not all that big.

In October 2003, Android was developed by Andy Rubin, Nick Sears, Rich Miner, and Chris White who founded Android Inc.in Palo Alto, California. Android has a history of evolution that can be traced to 2003 but it took concrete shape in 2005 thanks to google.įig.1: Founders and Developers of Android Operating System – Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White It is a very handy user interface based on a modified version of Linux kernel. Android is a commonly used mobile operating system (OS) in smartphones.
