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Android 7.0 was officially released on August 22, 2016, with the Nexus 6, 5X, 6P, 9, Nexus Player, Pixel C, and General Mobile 4G as the first devices to receive the update. [19] Dave Burke, Android's Vice President of Engineering, stated in August 2016 that updates to Nougat would be released quarterly as maintenance releases focusing on ...
On April 27, 2009, the Android 1.5 update was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.27. [40] [41] This was the first release to officially use a codename based on a dessert item ("Cupcake"), a theme used for all releases until Android Pie, with Android 10 and later using a number-only system. The update included several new features and UI ...
In May 2017, with the announcement of Android 8.0, Google introduced Project Treble, a major re-architect of the Android OS framework designed to make it easier, faster, and less costly for manufacturers to update devices to newer versions of Android. Project Treble separates the vendor implementation (device-specific, lower-level software ...
Samsung Experience (stylized as SΛMSUNG Experience) was the name of the software overlay by Samsung for its Galaxy devices running Android 7.x “Nougat” and Android 8.x “Oreo”. It was introduced in late 2016 on a beta build based on Android 7.0 “Nougat” for the Galaxy S7 , succeeding TouchWiz . [ 1 ]
Team Win Recovery Project (TWRP), pronounced "twerp", [4] is an open-source software custom recovery image for Android-based devices. [5] [6] It provides a touchscreen-enabled interface that allows users to install third-party firmware and back up the current system, functions usually not supported by stock recovery images.
A software update in September 2016 added support for Vulkan, a new low-level graphics API. [40] In January 2017, Samsung released an update to Android 7.0 "Nougat", which replaced Grace UX with the Samsung Experience software suite (introduced in the Galaxy S8). [41] [42] In mid 2018, the S7 and S7 edge received Android 8.0 "Oreo". [43]
Android Marshmallow (codenamed Android M during development) is the sixth major version of the Android operating system developed by Google, being the successor to Android Lollipop. It was announced at Google I/O on May 28, 2015, and released the same day as a beta , before being officially released on September 29, 2015.
The Galaxy Note 5 shipped with Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. [13] The new "Screen off memo" feature allows the phone to be awoken directly to a note screen when the stylus is removed. [ 13 ] The Camera app on the Note 5 also allows public and private livestreaming directly to YouTube , and supports export of RAW images .