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I really hope Android 5.0 is coming out at I/O. It's a bit overdue. Google usually pushes major .0 revisions every 2 years. 2.0 in 2009. 4.0 in 2011, and 5.0 in

I really hope Android 5.0 is coming out at I/O. It's a bit overdue. Google usually pushes major .0 revisions every 2 years. 2.0 in 2009. 4.0 in 2011, and 5.0 in 2013...NOT. It's 2014 and no 5.0 in sight, except for a very weak rumor about the date on a Nexus phone being 5:00. If they wait until fall this year, it would be 3 years for the 5.0 release, just as much as for a typical Windows release, which I find pretty ridiculous considering Android isn't even trying to work on all devices out there before it's released. Hopefully Google will release it soon, otherwise I'll be very disappointed.

nly 12y ago
From what I've read, the general hypothesis is that Goog will likely stick with 4.x numbering for some time. Imho they'll switch to 5.x when they decide to drop support for ~2012 Nexus devices (Nexus 4, Nexus 7 etc).
koyote 12y ago
What would you want in a 5.0? I feel the OS has been updated a lot in the last year or two but mostly by app updates as Google is now moving a lot of their stock Android apps to the play store. Much sought after features like a tighter Hangouts/Voice/Sms integration would 'only' need an app upgrade as opposed to a new OS.
- Spooky23 12y ago
  I'd like the enterprisy features that Samsung is shipping, without dealing with a Samsung-only bolt on technology.
Cthulhu_ 12y ago
To be honest, there have only been two major relevant Android versions; 2.x and 4.x. Under 4.x, they realised that getting updates to devices (where they had to rely on phone manufacturers) just wasn't dependable, and they overhauled both their OS's architecture (moving most services out of the core OS into Google Play Services) and their release system (allowing for over-the-air updates without the phone manufacturers' intervention). So unless they've rebuilt Android from the ground up, I doubt they're going to do a 5.0.

nly 12y ago

From what I've read, the general hypothesis is that Goog will likely stick with 4.x numbering for some time. Imho they'll switch to 5.x when they decide to drop support for ~2012 Nexus devices (Nexus 4, Nexus 7 etc).

koyote 12y ago

What would you want in a 5.0? I feel the OS has been updated a lot in the last year or two but mostly by app updates as Google is now moving a lot of their stock Android apps to the play store. Much sought after features like a tighter Hangouts/Voice/Sms integration would 'only' need an app upgrade as opposed to a new OS.

Spooky23 12y ago
I'd like the enterprisy features that Samsung is shipping, without dealing with a Samsung-only bolt on technology.

Cthulhu_ 12y ago

To be honest, there have only been two major relevant Android versions; 2.x and 4.x. Under 4.x, they realised that getting updates to devices (where they had to rely on phone manufacturers) just wasn't dependable, and they overhauled both their OS's architecture (moving most services out of the core OS into Google Play Services) and their release system (allowing for over-the-air updates without the phone manufacturers' intervention). So unless they've rebuilt Android from the ground up, I doubt they're going to do a 5.0.