When it comes to Android, many do not quite understand what the person means. Android is it a smartphone or an operating system? What exactly is an 'operating system'? This question may seem too simple to many, but not everyone fully understands this. The operating system is what makes a smartphone work. A piece of hardware is one thing, but no one needs it without an installed program. And the task of the operating system is to make a useful thing out of the device. In this material, we will answer the question 'What is Android?', Plunge the reader into the history of the system and introduce the next generation operating systems that will replace Android.
What is Android?
What is Android?
Android – what is it?
This is the operating system. It was created by Andy Rubin. He became the source of the idea. Moreover, Android could be called quite differently, because Andy decided to use this name, because he had already bought the android.com domain. In 2005, Andy ran out of money, he turned to many companies, and then the guys from Google drew attention to the project. They bought the company, and developers Android, including Andy Rubin, began working on the system under Google's wing.
When was the OS Android created?
Andy Rubin – Creator Android
In 2005, Google bought the company Android for a deal worth $ 130 million. Two years later, Google launched the OHA alliance and announced an open platform Android. Since 2007, developers have been given access to the SDK and emulator Android. The first version of the system was released on September 23, 2008. From that moment on, the era of Android – telephones began.
- History Android. Part 1
- History Android. Part 2
- History Android. Part 3
- History Android. Part 4
- Scandals, market share
When did Android become popular?
Motorola Droid
In 2007, the rules ball iPhone. Only with the release of Droid from Motorola, which was technically more powerful and functional iPhone, Google managed to change the situation a little. Since about 2009, people began to take Android seriously – they began to see it as the main competitor to smartphones Apple. And if it were not for the policy of distributing the system as an open OS, it is unlikely that today it would occupy 80% of the market.
Android runs on core Linux
What is the core Linux?
Android runs on the core Linux created by Linus Torvalds. He started working on the kernel back in 1991. The kernel code Linux is written in C and assembler languages. The kernel Linux is currently used not only in Android – phones, but also in operating systems of the family Linux (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, Red Hat, etc. Further).
What is the kernel in an operating system?
The kernel is the main component of the operating system. The kernel is responsible for the interaction of the operating system with the processor, memory. It provides file and network services. The kernel is the lowest level of the operating system when it comes to communicating with the hardware.
List of all versions Android
- Android 1 'Apple Pie'
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread (Released 2010)
- Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (Released 2011)
- Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (Released 2012)
- Android 4.2 (release date 2012)
- Android 4.3 (release date 2013)
- Android 4.4 KitKat (release date 2013)
- Android 5.0 Lollipop (Released 2014)
- Android 5.1 (release date 2015)
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow (release date 2016)
- Android 7.0 Nougat (Released 2016)
- Android 7.1 (release date 2016)
- Android 8.0 Oreo (release date 2017)
- Android 8.1 (release date 2017)
- Android 9.0 Pie (Released 2018)
- Android 10 (release date 2019, list of phones that received Android 10, what's new in Android 10)
- Android 11 (release date 2020, Android 11 – list of innovations)
You may notice that Google hasn't been releasing that many updates lately. Probably the reason is that Android has already been polished. Most likely, the company has been hard at work on the new Fushia operating system for the past 3 years. And that is why Android is currently in the stage of not very active updates.
Fuchsia operating system
Fushia is the next generation operating system
This is a new system from Google and should be a replacement for Android. The age of systems on a microkernel with a modular architecture is coming, this will allow developers to use the system both in smart bulbs and cars, as well as in smartphones and computers. The company is currently developing a similar system Huawei.
Harmony OS – operating system from Huawei
Harmony OS – operating system from Huawei
It is the first next-generation microkernel operating system with modular architecture for smartphones. The Chinese created it as a competitor Android. Together with Harmony OS Huawei will offer consumers Huawei Mobile Services with its own AppGallery app store.
In this article, we examined what Android is, studied the history, versions and also examined the main competitor from Huawei. Still have questions? Ask them in our Telegram chat, you can subscribe to our news in Yandex Zen.