HIGHLIGHTS
- Google had invited users to help name Android N
- Android N will bring improvements like multi-window support
- No word yet on Android N release date beyond "this summer"
Google has finally
announced the full name of Android N. The next version of Android will be
called Android Nougat.
The Android Nougat
name continues the tradition of naming major Android releases after desserts.
It all started with Android 1.5 Cupcake, followed by Android 1.6 Donut, Android
2.0 Eclair, Android 2.2 Froyo, and Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The pattern
continued with Android 3.0 Honeycomb, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Android
4.1 Jelly Bean, Android 4.4 KitKat, Android 5.0 Lollipop, and Android 6.0
Marshmallow.
Last month at its
annual developer conference Google I/O, the company had invited users to
help name Android N. It's not clear if the Android Nougat name was the popular choice among
the suggestions, or it's something Google narrowed down on its own.
Interestingly, Nougat was the third most popular choice in a poll of our own.
Android N will bring improvements like
multi-window support, enhanced notifications, revamped doze, number blocking,
and more.
Google made the
Android Nougat announcement via Twitter but there's no definite word
yet on the release date of the new Android version other than the "later
this summer" timeline announced earlier.
Before Thursday's announcement the
word nougat represented a family of confections made with sugar or honey, roasted
nuts, whipped egg whites, and sometimes chopped candied fruit.
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