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The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. The operating system has been developed by Google on a yearly schedule since at least 2011. [1]
In June 2007, YouTube added an option to watch videos in 3GP format on mobile phones. [32] In March 2008, a high-quality mode was added, which increased the resolution to 480×360 pixels. [33] In December 2008, 720p HD support was added.
In contrast to HEVC, VP9 support is common among modern web browsers (see HTML video § Browser support). Android has supported VP9 since version 4.4 KitKat, [4] while Safari 14 added support for VP9 in iOS / iPadOS / tvOS 14 and macOS Big Sur. [5] [6] Parts of the format are covered by patents held by Google. The company grants free usage of ...
The latest Android 14 is the most popular Android version on smartphones and on tablets. As of 2024, Android 14 is most popular single Android version on smartphones at 26%, [435] followed by Android 13, 12, down to Pie 9.0 in that order. Android is more used than iOS is virtually all countries, with few exceptions such as iOS has a 56% share ...
Google's other music streaming service Play Music was merged with YouTube Music in May 2020, as the latter is a more recognized brand. [167] Support for the dedicated YouTube application on the Sony PlayStation Vita game console was deprecated in January 2015, for the Nintendo Wii and Wii Mini in June 2017, and for the Nintendo 3DS in August 2019.
The fourth beta version was released on July 11. [10] Android 14 had 1 year, 1 month, 2 weeks and 5 days between Android 13's August 15, 2022 release, surpassing the Android 9–10 duration of 1 year and 4 weeks. The beta versions are available for Pixel devices that are guaranteed Android version updates, the Pixel 4a (5G) or newer devices.
Android 13 (internally codenamed Tiramisu) [4] [5] [6] was announced in an Android blog posted on February 10, 2022, [7] and the first Developer Preview was immediately released for the Google Pixel series (from Pixel 4 to Pixel 6, dropping support for the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3a). It was released 4 months or so after the stable version of Android 12.
Nougat is the first version featuring Unicode 9.0 support, and comes with updated emoji, plus support for emoji skin tones. [9] Android 7.1 adds native API support for implementing image keyboards; multi-endpoint telephones; [clarification needed] shortcut menus and rounded icon assets for apps on launchers; and support for the Google Daydream ...