The next Android version will not have a dessert name for mobile users across the globe. That’s right, Google is doing away with fancy treat names for Android versions. Instead, Android Q version will be called Android 10 and future versions will have other numbers that follow.
Google has stated this is the ‘next evolution of Android’ and it’s likely that the Pixel 4 series launching in a few months, will be the first to get the Android 10 operating system out of the box.
This also means the yearly ritual of speculating names of Android flavours is over. Indian users will feel heartbroken that none of the flavour names they suggested ranging from Malpua to Rabri will ever come to fruition.
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Google is also changing the way Android is written, and how the Android mascot shows up on your screen. And, as you can see here, the colour of the Android mascot also sees a slight change in the shade of green.
While Google always had version numbers for its operating system, it preferred giving them dessert names while releasing it for the public. So, why is Google making this change after a long time?
This next release of Android will simply use the version number and be called Android 10. We think this change helps make release names simpler and more intuitive for our global community.Google blog post
Google has also changed the colour of the word ‘Android’ from green to black, and Google believes that instead of desserts, it will make sense to name the upcoming Android versions with serial numbers.
People do like changes and it was interesting to see them react to this change on social media on Thursday. Popular tech reviewer, Marques Brownlee, was quick to point out that he is going to miss the ‘dessert name trolling’.
While others think putting numbers to Android versions will help people with remembering them easily.
Some also noticed that Android 10 is basically the converging of ‘10s’ for all the big operating systems from Apple, Microsoft and now Google.
Quite a few have pointed out Google’s lack of desserts starting with ‘Q’ could have forced the search giant to make this decision with Android 10.
So, after dishing out cupcake, donut, eclair, froyo, gingerbread, honeycomb, ice cream sandwich, jelly bean, KitKat and others, it’s time to bid adieu to Google’s sweet temptations.
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