Android 10 Announced as Google Drops Dessert-Inspired Names

[MacAwesome88]

Google today announced its next major version of Android will be named Android 10, as the company has decided to move past dessert-inspired names for the operating system like Ice Cream Sandwich, Lollipop, and Marshmallow.

Android's new logo​

Android's naming scheme is now consistent with iOS. Android is only on version 10 though, compared to iOS 13, because Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, and KitKat were all considered version 4.0 through version 4.4.4 releases between 2011 and 2014. Android also launched over a year after the original iPhone.

Until now, Android 10 was expected to be named Android Q, but there are few well-known desserts that start with that letter, perhaps contributing to Google's decision to switch to a numbered scheme. Google also admitted that the dessert names "weren't always understood by everyone in the global community."

Google has also revamped the Android logo for the first time since 2014 and shared a video to unveil the new branding:

The final beta of Android 10 was seeded earlier this month. The update will be publicly released in the third quarter.

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[doublepost=1566680374][/doublepost]Here's a Good Android Name from "Harold & Kumar Escape from Alcatraz" COCKMEAT SANDWICH?

 

[MacAwesome88]

Many Folks are concerned that Android 10 Does Not Have a Cute Name as in the past, So I Have One... How About... "COCKMEAT SANDWICH!" (from "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" Movie)

 

[Chidoro]

Yes because Apple having full control of your data and personal information (it’s not as secret as they say) let alone the third-party server centers the data is stored on, is any better.

Yes , their system is far far better.
Stop kidding yourself

 

[Chidoro]

Luckily 100% of new Android phones will.

Haha,
Don’t worry, I tipped my waitress already, thanks for the laugh.

 

[Lalatoon]

Wow, just wow.

Here's my actual quote:



And to make it really clear, here's another quote of mine from earlier this year which explains more clearly what I'm talking about:

So, yeah, there's no mistake on my part. My quote was pretty clear in that I said "previously required" (as in the past). I'm amazed so many posters didn't pick up on that.

Since the first website ever was created in 1991, it would be impossible to find these workstations listed anywhere. We used to go to trade shows/exhibitions to see live demos instead.
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So now we are comparing 1990s desktop workstation to your iPad? I dont think digital video editing even exist in 1991. Correct me if Im wrong, I think you mention something like doing some media content in iPad that you can only do in a $100k desktop workstation?

 

[MacAwesome88]

 

[realtuner]

So now we are comparing 1990s desktop workstation to your iPad? I dont think digital video editing even exist in 1991. Correct me if Im wrong, I think you mention something like doing some media content in iPad that you can only do in a $100k desktop workstation?

Sigh. Appears it’s impossible to explain this simple concept to you (that our phones carry more processing power than what used to require entire rooms) or that tasks reserved only for those with deep pockets (studios or companies) are now available to everyone.

My point has been consistent from the beginning. You’re jumping all over the place because of a combination of you misunderstanding what I said (intentionally or not) and your apparent dislike at people pointing out the flaws with Android and its ecosystem (or lack thereof).

The Avid/1 came out in 1989 and systems ran up to $80,000. How could you be part of the Apple community (and worked on computers since DOS - your words) and not know about Avid? Before Avid there was Quantel who had a simple “Photoshop” system called Paintbox that retailed for $150,000 in 1981. They later released Harry, a non-linear editor/effects system for TV. In 1985.

 

[Lalatoon]

Sigh. Appears it’s impossible to explain this simple concept to you (that our phones carry more processing power than what used to require entire rooms) or that tasks reserved only for those with deep pockets (studios or companies) are now available to everyone.

My point has been consistent from the beginning. You’re jumping all over the place because of a combination of you misunderstanding what I said (intentionally or not) and your apparent dislike at people pointing out the flaws with Android and its ecosystem (or lack thereof).

The Avid/1 came out in 1989 and systems ran up to $80,000. How could you be part of the Apple community (and worked on computers since DOS - your words) and not know about Avid? Before Avid there was Quantel who had a simple “Photoshop” system called Paintbox that retailed for $150,000 in 1981. They later released Harry, a non-linear editor/effects system for TV. In 1985.

Well if youv'e just mentioned earlier that you were comparing a 1981 workstation to a an iPad then I would have stopped bugging you.. because its ****** idea. And what makes it more ****** is claiming that this trickling effect of doing stuffs from $100k desktop workstation to tablet can only be done by iPad but not with an Android OS tablet.

So I went to this site https://www.apple.com/ph/ipados/ipados-preview/features/

And guess what most of those features that are not embedded in Apple ecosystem are already available in Android OS tablet or phone (if you develop on Android you know there is no distinction between tablet and phone aside from its screen size which you can take advantage of by optimizing your UI for a larger screen size which is not difficult because you have all the API you need that will let your app adapts to whatever screen size it is running on). Multitasking, split screen, floating keyboard, accessible file system what else?

I get it you will defend Apple to the death. It's your thing but me I am just being objective here. I don't hate Apple but I do dislike some of their practices but I like macOS on my Macbook Air Retina more than Windows 10 on my gaming laptop. I even have a macOS VM in my Windows laptop which I used from time to time. If only macOS has a lot of options for softwares and the price is competitive then I would have bought a Macbook Pro. Anyway, I think this has gone too far and too out of topic for this thread. Have a nice day.

 

[fairuz]

I remember arguing about this forever ago. The dessert names weren't as good as numbering because nobody knew the ordering. Yeah, I know it's alphabetical, but people don't realize that, and it takes longer to recall the ordering even if you do.

That and they're childish. I get that it's ironic, but that's even worse.
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But do understand I develop software for Android and for that I want to truly own my phone and not be told on how to use it.

So do I, but only because I know some customers use Android and not because I want to waste my time using such a device.
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I found them hard to follow. Apple has their own alternative naming scheme on the Mac OS side of things, but a key difference is that Mac OS doesn't have the volatility of the Android OS. A Samsung Tab that I bought just three years ago can't run lots of current day apps because it's stuck on 4.4 Kitkat. As an infrequent Android user, I have no idea whether I can use something or not when someone forgets to give me the version number along with the cute name.

It's installed with Kitkat (4.4). That means I can use Jellybean (4.3), but not Lollipop (5.0). Totally confusing and none of those are really that old.

Yep, same. The subversions have names too? That's messy.
I will say the macOS version numbering is weird. Why are we on 10.x forever now?

 

[fairuz]

It's a tanking category on Android for two reasons: First, manufacturers didn't take them seriously and released under-powered garbage devices. Nobody has bothered to make higher-end versions of their SoCs for tablets and OEMs don't even put the latest available SoCs in them. Second is developers were too lazy to bother making tablet optimized versions of their Apps or high-end Apps that are suitable for use on a tablet.

Apple, meanwhile, makes X versions of their SoCs with substantially more power than their regular SoCs. And developers take advantage of this power by bringing high-end Apps with increased features to the iPad. Like Adobe bringing full Photoshop to the iPad. This is why the iPad App ecosystem is thriving while the Android tablet ecosystem is dead.

I get that Android tablets have always sucked (even worse than the phones ), but so do tablets in general. You know it's bad when all the "tablet comparisons" have a Surface, which is basically a laptop, in the running.

The proper use of an iPad is so niche. Like, you want to do things a large-screened phone can't do but want it to be slightly more portable than a laptop. The only suitable users I've found have been my grandparents, since there are fewer ways they can mess up an iPad.

 

[Lalatoon]

So do I, but only because I know some customers use Android and not because I want to waste my time using such a device.

Ahh... ???? Im not sure I'm following you.. You took me by surprise there.. just like the Bible.. a lot of people quoting a verse or two and they are out of context...

 

[lsmith1981]

The real reason I dropped Android for IOS was for the inconsistency within their eco system. I would start to enjoy a native app then "BAM! Right in the kisser" they would announce that it would be changed out for a different app. This further solidifies my distaste for Android and how they do not really plan for the future.

As a Android power user, I have to agree with this. I just don't understand Google's philosophy sometimes. I firmly believe they have too many different contracted teams working on things. This could be a valid reason for inconsistency.

 

[Zalmox]

Maybe thy should adopt soviet names ! It is more in line with their recent values.
Android 10 "KGB" edition or maybe even "Stalin" edition.

 

[ZeuSGoKiL]

What they meant to call it was Android X - but that would have been too obvious, right?

Since Windows also will not announce a new name for their OS it will just stick head fast to Windows 10 . Kinda of no interesting new names no more.

 

[TAJones99]

Oh gosh, these jokes are as old as a dessert based OS naming scheme.... Yes it’s 100% true that vast majority of android devices never get a major update (basically just the google phones and a few flagships). Oh well. The people who buy the phones don’t really seem to care, and if you buy a new phone every 2-3 years (which most people do) then it really doesn’t matter. For majority of products through majority of history, they don’t really “improve” over time. You buy a device (phone, washing machine, car, lawn mower, whatever) and that’s exactly what you get. If you want new features later, you buy a newer device. Apple is the exception here, which I truly appreciate, however that also opens themselves up for other issues (“Apple is intentionally slowing down my phone!”) which isn’t worth the trade off for most android manufacturers. Heck there are even some iPhone users that never update for this very reason.

Very well said, I have both and have and will continue to. And only those cheap phones get left out of updates. The flag ship phones are the only ones that matter.

 

[ZeitGeist]

In addition, having fought with a case where messages were getting stuck in a limbo after moving to a non-Apple phone, I've often refused to activate iMessage when moving back to an iPhone for a change. The benefits aren't good enough to outweigh the inconvenience of having Apple hijack your number and break basic functionality.

a) this has long been fixed
b) your loss
c) the benefits are significant, especially if you travel
d) the benefits are even more significant if you care about privacy.
e) like I said - your loss.

 

[Roadstar]

a) this has long been fixed
b) your loss
c) the benefits are significant, especially if you travel
d) the benefits are even more significant if you care about privacy.
e) like I said - your loss.

What comes to benefits, I can’t see how traveling would suddenly make more people I know get iPhones to participate in an Apple-only messaging solution. While abroad, I’ll just use the same cross-platform solutions that work on the data network (like iMessage) similarly as back at home.