Do you like Ice cream sandwich or lollipop. Donut is better or Eclair. whether cupcake is your cup or tea or not. It looks easy to make a choice but in technical world Donut is better than cupcake, eclair is better than donut and Froyo ( Frozen yogurt) is better than cupcake, eclair and Donut. If you are given a choice to rank among Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Jellybean, kit kat, lollipop, Marshmallow and Nougat what you will choose? Well Google has ensured you prefer Nougat above all these irrespective of your taste. Reason ! because alphabetically N comes after all mentions desserts.
Still puzzled, Google has launched famous operating system Android and named its version after desserts. Aldo Google ensured that version are in alphabetical order. Now in order to have best Android version , you have to choose latest so all the desserts mentioned Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, honeycomb, Ice cream sandwich, Jellybean, kit kat, lollipop, Marshmallow you shall end up choosing Nougat above rest.
All code name of Android and their version numbers are as below
Cupcake:
- Android 1.5
Donut:
- Android 1.6
Eclair:
- Android 2.0
- Android 2.1
Froyo: Frozen yogurt
- Android 2.2
Gingerbread:
- Android 2.3
Honeycomb:
- Android 3.0
- Android 3.1
- Android 3.2
Ice Cream Sandwich:
- Android 4.0
Jelly Bean:
- Android 4.1
- Android 4.2
- Android 4.3
KitKat:
- Android 4.4
Lollipop:
- Android 5.0
- Android 5.1
Marshmallow:
- Android 6.0
Nougat:
- Android 7.0
All Android version with release date are as below
| Android version name | Android Version number | Announcement date |
| (Not Announced) | 1.0 | September 23, 2008 |
| (Not Announced) | 1.1 | February 9, 2009 |
| Cupcake | 1.5 | April 27, 2009 |
| Donut | 1.6 | September 15, 2009 |
| Eclair | 2.0–2.1 | October 26, 2009 |
| Froyo | 2.2–2.2.3 | May 20, 2010 |
| Gingerbread | 2.3–2.3.7 | December 6, 2010 |
| Honeycomb | 3.0–3.2.6 | February 22, 2011 |
| Ice Cream Sandwich | 4.0–4.0.4 | October 18, 2011 |
| Jelly Bean | 4.1–4.3.1 | July 9, 2012 |
| KitKat | 4.4–4.4.4 | October 31, 2013 |
| Lollipop | 5.0–5.1.1 | November 12, 2014 |
| Marshmallow | 6.0–6.0.1 | October 5, 2015 |
| Nougat | 7.0–7.1.2 | August 22, 2016 |
| Oreo | 8.0 |
Google is working on new version, it shall start with ‘O’ however official name is not announced.