Android versions used to have dessert names and they made it easier to associate features with. Perhaps not everyone feels this way, and in time, maybe I will feel different too, once Android 10 ...

The min_sdk_version field for Android 15 was set to VanillaIceCream. When Android 15 hit its first Platform Stability milestone, the Android version name was changed from “VanillaIceCream” to ...

In 2009, Google unveiled Android 1.5 Cupcake. It was an important update to the fledgling operating system as it introduced an on-screen keyboard, but it was also the first version update to use a ...

Today we finally get our answer, with Android 14 set to go by the code name Upside Down Cake. Google formally clarifies the code name in some recent notes added to the AOSP (spotted by 9to5Google).

Google has been known to employ a bit of misdirection here and there when it comes to new Android names. It’s known as a company that likes to have fun with its fans, of course, and teasing them ...

Now, XDA-Developers has uncovered the dessert name for Android 14 in the Android Gerrit, and it turns out that the new version is code-named Upside Down Cake. We’re guessing that there weren’t ...

"So, 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.

Android 16 will be called Baklava, internally The name for the next Android version was scooped from the code references within the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) code.

Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Google announced Thursday it's ditching dessert-themed names for versions of its Android operating system, switching instead to numbered identifications.

The Android 15 update is referred to as Vanilla Ice Cream. Hence, for Android 16, Google should have opted for a name that starts with the alphabet “W”, such as Waffle Sundae or Whoopie Pie.