Android was founded in 2003 by Andy Rubin, Nick Sears, Chris White, and Rich Miner. It was later acquired by Google in 2005. Major releases include Cupcake in 2009 which added video recording, Donuts in 2009 with multi-touch gestures, Froyo in 2010 with widgets and tethering, Gingerbread in 2010 with copy/paste and a virtual keyboard, Honeycomb in 2011 designed for tablets, Ice Cream Sandwich in 2011 with a unified Android for phones and tablets, Jelly Bean in 2012 with Google Now and lock screen customization, KitKat in 2014 with transparent bars and gestures, and Lollipop in 2014 with a new UI design and runtime.
IT SUPPORTED CAMCORDER FOR
VIDEO WATCHING AND RECORDING
TEXT PREDICTION ON THE “ON
SCREEN” KEYBOARD
ABILITY TO PUT FOLDER
AND APPLICATION
SHORTCUT ON THE
SCREEN
SUPPORT FOR MULTI-TOUCHGESTURE
NEW INTERFACE FOR CAMERA AND PHOTO GALLERY
HIGHER SCREEN RESOLUTION
VPN SUPPORT
VOICE SEARCH AND NEW
SEARCHING
10.
ANDROID 2.0 RELEASEDON OCTOBER 2009
IMPROVED UI
CONTACT AND ACCOUNT
SYCNCHRONIZATION
LIVE
WALLPAPER
HTML FUNCTION ON BROWSER
SOME
IMPROVEMENTS
ON CAMERA :
FLASH, WHITE
BALANCE,
DIGITAL ZOOM
AND MACRO
FOCUS
11.
ANDROID SDK 2.0.1SDK
RELEASED ON DECEMBER 2009
SDK 2.1 RELEASED ON JANUARY
2010
12.
ANDROID FROYO 2.2
RELEASEDON MAY 2010
NEW HOME SCREEN WIDGETS
CAMERA AND BLUETOOTH
IMPROVEMENT
TETHERING FUNCTION
VIA USB OR WIFI WITH 8
USERS
MULTILINGUAL
KEYBOARD LANGUAGE
WITH QUICK LANGUAGE
SWITCHING
13.
ANDROID 2.3
GINGERBREAD
RELEASED ON
DECEMBER2010
ONE TOUCH SCREEN FOR COPY
AND PASTE FUNCTION
MORE POWERFUL VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
INTERNET PHONE CALLING
ABILITY TO MANUALLY STOP THE
APPLICATION WITH ALL APPS STATUS
MULTIPLE CAMERA SUPPORT
POWER MANAGEMENT AND STATUS
LINIER ROTATION SUPPORT
SDK 2.3.3 RELEASED ON
FEBRUARY 2011
SUPPORT PHYSICAL KEYBOARDWITH
BLUETOOTH OR USB
HOMESCREEN WIDGETS
IMPROVED CAMERA
BETTER TEXT SELECTION
MULTI-CORE PROCESSOR SUPPORT
GLOBAL NOTIFICATION
DESIGNED
FOR TABLET
16.
4.0 ICE CREAMSANDWICH
RELEASED ON OCTOBER 2012
AM THE
SWEET
AND COOL
LOCK SCREEN
DYNAMIC LOOK PAGE
BETTER VIDEO EDITING
DEFAULT APPS
DATA CONTROL
BETTER
KEYBOARD
RESIZABLE
WIDGET
SMART PHONE AND
TABLETS
COMPATIBILITY
17.
JELLY BEAN RELEASEDON JULY 2012STREAMLINE USABILITY
GOOGLE WALLET
BETTER TASK MANAGEMENT
GOOGLE NOW FACILITY
LOCK SCREEN
AUTOMATIC WIDGETS RESIZE
BETTER PERFORMANCE