| Android 7.1.1 | Nougat | 
- Long press on the app icon enable new launch actions
 
- The default keyboard allows now to send GIFs directly
 
- New set of emojis
 
  |  | 2016-12-05  | 7.8 % (7.1 - 7.1.2) | 25 | 
|---|
| Android 7.1 | Nougat | 
- Daydream Virtual Reality mode
 
- Night Light
 
- Storage manager improvements
 
- Performance improvements for Touch and Display managements
 
- Option to enable fingerprint swipe down gesture
 
- Seamless system updates
 
  | 
- Shortcut manager APIs
 
- Support Circular app icons
 
- Keyboard image insertion
 
- VR thread scheduling improvements
 
- Enhanced wallpaper metadata
 
- Multi-endpoint call support
 
- Source type support for Visual Voicemail
 
- Carrier config options to manage video telephony
 
- open-source AOSP apps replaced with closed-source google
apps
 
  | 2016-10-04  | 7.8 % (7.1 - 7.1.2) | 25 | 
|---|
| 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
 
  | 
- Sustained Performance Mode (SPM) API
 
- Vulkan 3D rendering API
 
- Daydream virtual reality platform
 
  | 2016-08-22  | 11.4 % | 24 | 
|---|
| Android 6.0.1 | Marshmallow | New emojis |  | 2015-12-07  | 16.9 % (6 - 6.0.1) | 23 | 
|---|
| 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
 
  | 
- Custom Chrome Tabs for better in app browser support
 
- App Permissions management update
 
  | 2015-10-05  | 16.9 % (6 - 6.0.1) | 23 | 
|---|
| Android 5.1.1 | Lollipop | 
- Speed improvement
 
- Bug fixes
 
  |  | 2015-04-21  | 11.5 % (5.1 - 5.1.1) | 22 | 
|---|
| Android 5.1 | Lollipop | 
- Multiple SIM cards support
 
- Quick settings shortcuts to join Wi-Fi networks or control
Bluetooth devices
 
- Lock protection if lost or stolen
 
- High Definition voice call
 
- Stability and performance enhancements
 
  |  | 2015-03-09  | 11.5 % (5.1 - 5.1.1) | 22 | 
|---|
| Android 5.0.2 | Lollipop | 
- Performance improvements and bug fixes
 
  |  | 2014-12-19  | 3 % (5.0 - 5.0.2) | 21 | 
|---|
| Android 5.0.1 | Lollipop | 
- bug fixes, fix issues with video playback and password
failures
 
  |  | 2014-12-02  | 3 % (5.0 - 5.0.2) | 21 | 
|---|
| Android 5.0 | Lollipop | 
- New design (Material design)
 
- Speed improvement
 
- Battery consumption improvement
 
  | 
- Several new API
 
- Tracking battery consumption app
 
  | 2014-10-17  | 3 % (5.0 - 5.0.2) | 21 | 
|---|
| Android 4.4.4 | KitKat | 
- Fix Heartbleed / OpenSSL vulnerability
 
  |  | 2014-06-23  | 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4) | 19 | 
|---|
| Android 4.4.3 | KitKat | 
- Bug fixes
 
- Enable Sprint Spark band 26 and band 41
 
  |  | 2014-04-14  | 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4) | 19 | 
|---|
| Android 4.4.2 | KitKat | 
- Bug fixes
 
- Security enhancements
 
  |  | 2013-12-09  | 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4) | 19 | 
|---|
| Android 4.4.1 | KitKat | 
- Bug fixes
 
- Enhance the camera on the Nexus 5
 
  |  | 2013-12-05  | 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4) | 19 | 
|---|
| Android 4.4 | KitKat | 
- Screen recording
 
- New Translucent system UI
 
- Enhanced notification access
 
- System-wide settings for closed captioning
 
- Performance improvements
 
  | 
- Public API for SMS management.
 
- Improved memory usage
 
- Security enhancements (SELinux enforcing mode, new
cryptographic algorithms, VPN per user...)
 
- NFC Host Card Emulation (for wireless payment, loyalty
programs...)
 
- Printing Framework
 
- Storage Access Framework
 
- Hardware Sensor Batching
 
- Full-screen immersive mode
 
- GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger
 
- Chromium WebView
 
- Audio tunneling to DSP
 
- Audio monitoring
 
- Wi-Fi certified Miracast
 
- New Bluetooth profile
 
- IR Blasters API
 
- Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) support
 
- Tools for analyzing memory use (procstats, on-device memory
status and profiling)
 
  | 2013-10-31  | 6.9 % (4.4 - 4.4.4) | 19 | 
|---|
| 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
 
  | 
- OpenGL for Embedded Systems 3.0 graphics support
 
- Logging and analyzing enhancements
 
- Wi-Fi scanning API
 
- Improved DRM (digital rights management) API
 
- VP8 encoding
 
  | 2013-07-24  | 0.5 % (4.3) | 18 | 
|---|
| Android 4.2.2 | Jelly Bean | 
- Allow toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth state in Quick Settings
using long-press
 
- Shows the percentage and estimated time remaining in the active
download notifications
 
- Wireless charging and low battery sounds changed
 
- Gallery app updated for faster loading with new image
transition
 
- Performance enhancements and bug fixes (Bluetooth A2DP audio
streaming fix...)
 
  | 
- Secure USB debugging (allow debugging to authenticated
computers only)
 
  | 2013-02-11  | 1.5 % (4.2 - 4.2.2) | 17 | 
|---|
| Android 4.2.1 | Jelly Bean | 
- Fix missing december bug in the People app
 
- Add support for Bluetooth gamepads and joysticks HID
devices
 
  |  | 2012-11-27  | 1.5 % (4.2 - 4.2.2) | 17 | 
|---|
| 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
 
  | 
- vsync timing
 
- Triple buffering
 
- reduced touch latency
 
- CPU input boost
 
- Native RTL support - mirrors the display from manifest
prop
 
- External display support - Display Manager
 
- Nested fragments
 
- Renderscript Compute - run tasks on the GPU (supported
devices)
 
- Renderscript ScriptGroups, built-in intrinsics like blur,
 
- FilterScript is a subset of Renderscript made for high
performance image processing
 
  | 2012-11-13  | 1.5 % (4.2 - 4.2.2) | 17 | 
|---|
| Android 4.1.2 | Jelly Bean | 
- Enable Home screen rotation
 
- Fix bugs and enhance performances
 
  |  | 2012-10-09  | 1.2 % (4.1 - 4.1.2) | 16 | 
|---|
| Android 4.1.1 | Jelly Bean | 
- Fix a bug on screen orientation
 
  |  | 2012-07-23  | 1.2 % (4.1 - 4.1.2) | 16 | 
|---|
| Android 4.1 | Jelly Bean | 
- Google Now ( youtu.be/... )
 
- Voice Search
 
- Speed enhancements
 
- Camera app improvements
 
- Accessibility: gesture mode, enable braille external
keyboards...
 
  | 
- app stack navigation to define a parent activity in manifest
for deep navigation
 
- MediaActionSound class to make sounds like when a camera takes
a photo
 
- NFC supports large payloads over bluetooth
 
- WIFI/WIFI-Direct service discovery
 
- Large, detailed, multi-action notifications
 
- Input manager allows you to query input devices
 
  | 2012-07-09  | 1.2 % (4.1 - 4.1.2) | 16 | 
|---|
| Android 4.0.4 | Ice Cream Sandwich | 
- stability improvements
 
- better camera performance
 
- smoother screen rotation
 
  |  | 2012-03-28  | 0.3 % (4.0.3 - 4.0.4) | 15 | 
|---|
| Android 3.2.6 | Honeycomb | Minor fixes |  | 2012-02-15  | 0 % | 13 | 
|---|
| Android 4.0.3 | Ice Cream Sandwich | 
- Social stream API in Contacts provider to show updates
associated to your contacts
 
- Video stabilization and QVGA video resolution API access
 
- Accessibility API refinements for screen readers
 
- Calendar provider updates
 
  |  | 2011-12-16  | 0.3 % (4.0.3 - 4.0.4) | 15 | 
|---|
| Android 3.2.4 | Honeycomb | Added "Pay as you go" for tablets |  | 2011-12-15  | 0 % | 13 | 
|---|
| Android 4.0.2 | Ice Cream Sandwich | Minor fixes |  | 2011-11-28  | 0 % | 14 | 
|---|
| Android 4.0.1 | Ice Cream Sandwich | 
- Facial recognition (Face Unlock)
 
- UI use Hardware acceleration
 
- Better voice recognition (dictating/Voice typing)
 
- Web browser, allows up to 16 tabs
 
- Updated launcher (customizable)
 
- Android Beam app to exchange data through NFC
 
  |  | 2011-10-19  | 0 % | 14 | 
|---|
| 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
 
  | 
- Low-level streaming multimedia (Khronos OpenMAX AL
 
- Grid Layout
 
- Spell checking service
 
- Address Space Layout Randomization
 
- VPN client API
 
- Remote Device camera enable/disable
 
- ZSL exposure, continuous focus, and image zoom
 
- Flags to help control system ui elements like system bar from
apps
 
  | 2011-10-18  | 0 % | 14 | 
|---|
| Android 3.2.2 | Honeycomb | Minor fixes |  | 2011-09-30  | 0 % | 13 | 
|---|
| Android 2.3.7 | Gingerbread | 
- Google Wallet support for the Nexus S 4G
 
  |  | 2011-09-21  | 0.3 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7) | 10 | 
|---|
| Android 3.2.1 | Honeycomb | 
- Android Market updates including easier automatic updates
 
- Google Books updates
 
- Wi-Fi improvements
 
- Chinese handwriting prediction improved
 
  |  | 2011-09-20  | 0 % | 13 | 
|---|
| Android 2.3.6 | Gingerbread |  |  | 2011-09-02  | 0.3 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7) | 10 | 
|---|
| Android 2.3.5 | Gingerbread | 
- Improved network performance for the Nexus S 4G
 
- Fixed Bluetooth issues on the Samsung Galaxy S
 
- Gmail app. improvements
 
  |  | 2011-07-25  | 0.3 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7) | 10 | 
|---|
| Android 3.2 | Honeycomb | 
- Optimizations for a wider range of tablets
 
- Compatibility display mode (zoom for fixed-sized apps)
 
- Media sync from SD card
 
  | 
- Extended API for managing screens support
 
- 
- New resource qualifiers for screens support
 
- New manifest attributes for screen-size compatibility
 
- Screen compatibility mode which allows for phone apps to appear
as if they were still on a phone
 
 
 
  | 2011-07-15  | 0 % | 13 | 
|---|
| Android 2.3.4 | Gingerbread | 
- Voice or video chat using Google Talk
 
  |  | 2011-05-10  | 0.3 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7) | 10 | 
|---|
| 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  | 0 % | 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
 
  | 
- contextual action bar
 
- Fragments first introduced(support library now supports it as
well)
 
- Hardware-accelerated 2D graphics
 
- Renderscript 3D graphics engine
 
- Pluggable DRM framework
 
- device administration
 
- High performance Animation Framework
 
- RTP streaming API
 
- Forced rendering of layers
 
- High performance WIFI lock
 
- Vew network traffic stats
 
- ADTS AAC and FLAC audio
 
- LRU cache
 
  | 2011-02-22  | 0 % | 11 | 
|---|
| Android 2.3.3 | Gingerbread |  | 
- NFC API
improvements (peer to peer communication...)
 
- added unsecure bluetooth sockets
 
  | 2011-02-09  | 0.3 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7) | 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
 
  | 
- performance - concurrent garbage collection, faster event
distribution, updated video drivers
 
- NDK - Native Asset Manager, Native Activities + event handling,
khronos api
 
- audio effects api
 
- VP8, WebM, AAC, AMR wideband
 
- Multiple camera sensor support
 
- strictmode debugging
 
- media framework replaces OpenCore
 
  | 2010-12-06  | 0 % (2.3 - 2.3.2) | 9 | 
|---|
| 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  | 0 % | 8 | 
|---|
| Android 2.1 | Eclair |  |  | 2010-01-12  | 0 % | 7 | 
|---|
| Android 2.0.1 | Eclair |  |  | 2009-12-03  | 0 % | 6 | 
|---|
| Android 2.0 | Eclair | 
- HTML
 
- Digital zoom
 
- Microsoft Exchange support
 
- Bluetooth 2.1
 
- Live Wallpapers
 
- Updated UI
 
  |  | 2009-10-26  | 0 % | 5 | 
|---|
| Android 1.6 | Donut | 
- Gesture framework
 
- Turn-by-turn navigation
 
  |  | 2009-09-15  | 0 % | 4 | 
|---|
| Android 1.5 | Cupcake | 
- Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP support
 
- Soft-keyboard with text-prediction
 
- Record/watch videos
 
  |  | 2009-04-30  | 0 % | 3 | 
|---|
| Android 1.1 | Banana bread | 
- "Show" & "Hide" numeric keyboard, in caller
application
 
- Ability to save MMS attachments
 
  |  | 2009-02-09  | 0 % | 2 | 
|---|
| 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  | 0 % | 1 | 
|---|
| Android 0.9 | Beta | It is the first version to use Android 1.0's UI. It also adds many
of the sounds and ringtones found in 1.0, albeit mostly in stereo
as opposed to mono. |  | 2008-08-22  | 0 % |  | 
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