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They sort of do, the first letter of the new name is always the next one in the english alphabet. That said, they do have version numbers but almost no marketi
by simcop2387 8y ago
They sort of do, the first letter of the new name is always the next one in the english alphabet. That said, they do have version numbers but almost no marketing uses them with or instead of the codenames.
Kitkat Lolipop Marshmallow
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history
- the_trapper 8y agoThe stupid thing is that these code names sometimes span multiple versions of Android and even API levels making it all even more of a clusterfuck of a platform. My suspicion is that they do this to hide all of the fragmentation and pretend that more handsets are up to date than they actually are.
- altair8800 8y agoWhat's the difference between named releases and Apple's semantic versioning? Both create groupings that hide fragmentation.
- sjwright 8y agoWhat fragmentation is being hidden behind Apple's iOS version numbers?
- altair8800 8y agoI should have said can hide fragmentation.
- mikelward 8y agoThe major "dessert" releases seem to happen about once a year now, with a big marketing push, and often substantial user-visible changes. API levels change when there are major developer-visible changes. I assume any time there's a backwards incompatible change for app developers, they bump the API version, as is standard for any API. No conspiracy theory required.
- wyattpeak 8y agoFunnily, I've been using Android for years and I never noticed until I thought "Why on earth would they call it Pie?" and it struck me. Guess I'm not as observant as I think.