| Android 1.0 | Apple pie |
- Public Release of Android
- Download and updates via Android Market
- Web Browser
- Camera support
- Gmail, Contacts and Google Agenda synchronization
- Google Maps
- YouTube application
| 2008-09-23 | 1 |
|---|
| Android 1.1 | Banana bread |
- "Show" & "Hide" numeric keyboard, in caller
application
- Ability to save MMS attachments
| 2009-02-09 | 2 |
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| Android 1.5 | Cupcake |
- Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP support
- Soft-keyboard with text-prediction
- Record/watch videos
| 2009-04-30 | 3 |
|---|
| Android 1.6 | Donut |
- Gesture framework
- Turn-by-turn navigation
| 2009-09-15 | 4 |
|---|
| Android 2.1 | Eclair | | 2010-01-12 | 7 |
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| Android 2.0 | Eclair |
- HTML
- Digital zoom
- Microsoft Exchange support
- Bluetooth 2.1
- Live Wallpapers
- Updated UI
| 2009-10-26 | 5 |
|---|
| Android 2.2 | Froyo |
- Speed improvements
- JIT implementation
- USB Tethering
- Applications installation to the expandable memory
- Upload file support in the browser
- Animated GIFs
| 2010-05-20 | 8 |
|---|
| Android 2.3.7 | Gingerbread |
- Google Wallet support for the Nexus S 4G
| 2011-09-21 | 10 |
|---|
| Android 2.3 | Gingerbread |
- Updated UI
- Improved keyboard ease of use
- Improved copy/paste
- Improved power management
- Social networking features
- Near Field Communication support
- Native VoIP/SIP support
- Video call support
| 2010-12-06 | 9 |
|---|
| Android 3.2 | Honeycomb |
- Optimizations for a wider range of tablets
- Compatibility display mode (zoom for fixed-sized apps)
- Media sync from SD card
| 2011-07-15 | 13 |
|---|
| Android 3.1 | Honeycomb |
- UI improvements
- Open Accessory API
- USB host API
- Mice, joysticks, gamepads... support
- Resizable Home screen widgets
- MTP
notifications
- RTP API
for audio
| 2011-05-10 | 12 |
|---|
| Android 3.0 | Honeycomb |
- Multi core support
- Better tablet support
- Updated 3D UI
-
- customizable homescreens
- recent applications viewing
- redone keyboard layout
- Media/Picture transport protocol
- Google Talk video chat
- Google eBooks
- "Private browsing"
- System-wide Clipboard
- HTTP Live streaming
| 2011-02-22 | 11 |
|---|
| Android 4.0.4 | Ice Cream Sandwich |
- stability improvements
- better camera performance
- smoother screen rotation
| 2012-03-28 | 15 |
|---|
| Android 4.0 | Ice Cream Sandwich |
- New lock screen actions
- Improved text input and spell-checking
- Control over network data
- Email app supports EAS v14
- WI-FI direct
- BlueTooth Health Device Profile
- ADB Backups
| 2011-10-18 | 14 |
|---|
| Android 4.3 | Jelly Bean |
- Dial pad auto-complete
- Photo Sphere enhancements
- Camera app UI updated
- 4K resolution support
- Ability to create restricted profiles for tablets
- Hebrew and Arabic right-to-left (RTL) support
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support
- Bluetooth Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) 1.3
support
- Security and performance enhancements
| 2013-07-24 | 18 |
|---|
| Android 4.2 | Jelly Bean |
- Lockscreen widgets
- 360 degree images with Photo Sphere
- Gesture Typing, for faster typing
- Wireless display with Miracast
- Daydream to display information when idle or docked
- Multi-user for tablets
| 2012-11-13 | 17 |
|---|
| Android 4.1 | Jelly Bean |
- Google Now ( youtu.be/... )
- Voice Search
- Speed enhancements
- Camera app improvements
- Accessibility: gesture mode, enable braille external
keyboards...
| 2012-07-09 | 16 |
|---|
| Android 4.4 | KitKat |
- Screen recording
- New Translucent system UI
- Enhanced notification access
- System-wide settings for closed captioning
- Performance improvements
| 2013-10-31 | 19 |
|---|
| Android 5.0 | Lollipop |
- New design (Material design)
- Speed improvement
- Battery consumption improvement
| 2014-10-17 | 21 |
|---|
| Android 6 | Marshmallow |
- USB Type-C support
- Fingerprint Authentication support
- Better battery life with "deep sleep"
- Permissions dashboard
- Android Pay
- MIDI support
- Google Now improvements
| 2015-10-05 | 23 |
|---|
| Android 7.0 | Nougat |
- Unicode 9.0 emoji
- Better multitasking
- Multi-window mode (PIP, Freeform window)
- Seamless system updates (with dual system partition)
- Better performance and code size thanks to new JIT
Compiler
| 2016-08-22 | 24 |
|---|
| Android 8.0 | Oreo |
- PIP: Picture-in-Picture with resizable windows
- Android Instant apps
- Improved notifications system
- Improved system settings
- Lock screen redesign
| 2017-08-21 | 26 |
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