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Project Treble separates the vendor implementation (device-specific, lower-level software written by silicon manufacturers) from the Android OS framework via a new "vendor interface". In Android 7.0 and earlier, no formal vendor interface exists, so device makers must update large portions of the Android code to move a device to a newer version ...
Android 4.4W KitKat, with wearable extensions (API 20) Version Release date Features 4.4W [179] June 25, 2014 [180] Initial release of the Android Wear platform for smartwatches: the same as Android 4.4 "KitKat", but with wearable extensions added. 4.4W.1 September 6, 2014 [181] UI updates for Google Maps navigation and alarms. 4.4W.2 October ...
Android Nougat (codenamed Android N during development) is the seventh major version and 14th original version of the Android operating system.First released as an alpha test version on March 9, 2016, it was officially released on August 22, 2016, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update.
One UI is a user interface (UI) developed by Samsung Electronics for its smart devices, including Android devices from at least late 2016 or early 2017 running Android 9 (Pie) and later. Succeeding Samsung Experience , it is designed to make using larger smartphones easier and be more visually appealing.
The underlying architecture of Android was revised so that low-level, vendor-specific code for supporting a device's hardware can be separated from the Android OS framework using a hardware abstraction layer known as the "vendor interface". Vendor interfaces must be made forward compatible with future versions of
In December 2015, Google released Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow for the Nexus 5X, among other devices. [19] On August 22, 2016, Google released Android 7.0 Nougat for the Nexus 5X, as well as several other devices. [20] Google released Android 7.1.1 Nougat for the Nexus 5X (among other devices) in December 2016.
Although the Android operating system is free and open-source software, [120] in devices sold, much of the software bundled with it (including Google apps and vendor-installed software) is proprietary software and closed-source. [121] Android's releases before 2.0 (1.0, 1.5, 1.6) were used exclusively on mobile phones. Android 2.x releases were ...
Three Samsung phones (the Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 10+, and Galaxy Note 10 Lite) with the Android logos displayed on their screens. This is a list of devices that run on Android , an open source operating system for smartphones and other devices.