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Is Google lacking imagination? This is the third version with the same name. I'm missing the times when every release was a new sweet thing.

• rahoulb 13y ago
  I suspect it's part of their strategy for deflecting from the "fragmentation" issue - "what version of Android does your phone run? Jelly Bean? Snap!" I also reckon that they will start releasing bits of the OS via the Play Store, bypassing the manufacturers and carriers (as they are already doing with the standard keyboard).
  • king_jester 13y ago
    They do that with Google Play Serivces (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.gms https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...) already. The things 4.3 has w.r.t. bluetooth, opengl es support, etc. are probably really difficult to ship independently.
• ok_craig 13y ago
  None of the most recent releases have really seemed significant enough to warrant a new release name.
• SEMW 13y ago
  > I'm missing the times when every release was a new sweet thing. There's never been a time when all point releases had a new codename. Eclair covered 2.0 and 2.1. Honeycomb covered 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2. I don't see any evidence they've changed their naming practices.
  • srathi 13y ago
    4.0 to 4.1 was a jump from ICS to JB, but that was an exception.
    • mkeener 13y ago
      Except for 2.1 -> 2.2 (Froyo) -> 2.3 (Gingerbread). So, not very exceptional.
• sengstrom 13y ago
  ... but there are so many flavor jelly beans.
• Shooti 13y ago
  Honeycomb did the same thing.