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Ok, um, did anyone else notice that 4.2 is called Jelly Bean, like 4.1 was called Jelly Bean? Up until now it was Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb,
by programminggeek 14y ago
Ok, um, did anyone else notice that 4.2 is called Jelly Bean, like 4.1 was called Jelly Bean?
Up until now it was Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean. Did they run out of tasty treats already?
- bryanlarsen 14y ago2.0 & 2.1 were both eclair, and 3.0 & 3.1 were both honeycomb. The fact that they didn't change the product name indicates that this is a fairly minor update.
- dschep 14y agoThere was also a 3.2 Honeycomb release.
- deleted 14y ago[deleted]
- cbhl 14y agoIt's just a point release. There's been at least one for every version since Eclair except Froyo. http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERSION_CODES.html http://developer.android.com/reference/android/os/Build.VERS...
- jkimmel 14y agoInternally, Google Engineers work "by dessert" [1], the version numbers are decided by someone further down the product pipeline. With an instance like this, the developers most likely made a number of updates to the same branch of the OS (Jelly Bean), that someone in marketing/product management felt were significant enough to warrant a new 4.x number. At the end of the day though, it's still the same Jelly Bean core, so the next desert is reserved for another actual OS branch. [1] - I believe JBQ said this to the media once, but I can't find the source now.
- codeulike 14y agoAndroid updates are named after things you might want to eat. OS X updates are named after things that might want to eat you.