Android is a Mobile Operating System that was released on 23, September 2008. Android is free, open-source operating system and is based on modified version of Linux kernel. Simply put, Android is a Linux-build OS. Interesting, right? All right then let's take a look at the even more interesting facts😎
Android was created by Andy Rubin (I bet you didn't know this).
Android Inc. developed Android operating system and Google bought it in 2005, with a huge amount of $50 million (I bet you didn't know this as well😏).
Prior to Google, an offer was given to Samsung to buy Android Inc. but they found Android uninteresting and rejected the offer (Oh crap! If Samsung didn't reject Android then, maybe they wouldn't be at cold war with Google).
Initially, Android was developed as an operating system for digital cameras but later on, it focuses on smart phones (I bet you didn't know this as well😏).
Android is written in many languages like Java, C, C++, XML, Assembly language, Python, Shell script, Go, Make (Majorly C++ and Java).
HTC Dream or T-Mobile G1 was the first smartphone that runs on Android operating system.
Android captures 88% of total smartphone market whereas IOS captures 11% market share 😶.
Currently, more than 2 billion smart devices use Google Android OS as their operating system.
The word Android refers to a male robot, whereas a female robot is known as “Gynoid“.
Android is an open-source software, which means its source code is freely available. Anyone can modify the source code and add new & unique features.
All Android versions are named in alphabetical order, along with the name of sweet deserts associated with that alphabet like Cupcake, Donut etc.
The Logging System of Android has a method named “wtf()” which stands for “What a Terrible Failure”.
In 2010, Anssi Vanjoki, CEO of Nokia, made a hilarious comment on Android. He said the use of Android is like a Finnish boy peeing his pants to stay warm.
Android’s Google Store has more than 48 billion apps installed in it, and most of them are free of cost.
NASA once used Nexus S handsets (device based on Android Gingerbread), in their floating space Robots.
The sale of Android devices is more than the combined sale of Microsoft Windows, iOS, and Mac OS devices.
Microsoft earns around $2 billion yearly in patent royalties, from the sale of Android devices.
Even Google Maps uses the speed of Android Mobiles to calculate the traffic on roads.
Google had to make a deal with Nestle in order to use the name “Kit-Kat” for Android version 4.4.
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