to be fair, OS X was the new version of the Macintosh OS after the 9 releases of the classic OS. also, they recently rebranded to just macOS
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Android 10 is the official name for Android Q
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Didn't Android stopped doing numbered versions because they were behind iOS and they didn't want people to think they were "outdated"?
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They decided that "marshmallow" and "Icecream sandwich" didn't have enough of a global understanding as numbers do.
Which is correct. It's also a lot less fun.
Knock off Apple by.....
using numbers for their software versions.
They've always technically had numbers. Cupcake was 1.5, Donut was 1.6. Eclair was 2.0. They did eventually move away from naming point releases and only named major numbered releases.
Pie was Android 9, so they're not just calling it 10 to match Windows or whatever. It's actually the next number.
Deapite what Google says, I'm convinced the lack of good Q name options at least played a factor in moving away from the names.
Wellllll....this is half the problem. Android is used by billions the world over, but billions don't know what quindim is. It's confusing for a global product to be 'localized'. Looks delicious though.Don't even need to invent a new dessert when one of the best desserts out there starts with a Q:
(It's Quindim)
I'm pretty sure it did, but I'm unable to find any article talking about it, so maybe it was two other competing products lol
I mean, that's what I'm saying though. They went 1-9 and then just decided to stop at 10.
I miss the desserts but totally get it. Even as someone who has followed Android for a decade+, or as long as it's been around, I Got confused about what releases were what.
Google's explanation that Android is a much more global operating system today than it was 5 and 10 years ago, so naming releases after very Western-centric things can be confusing for diverse, international users, makes sense.
No, they've always had numbers, but development teams nicknamed each release after a dessert as a fun internal thing that became well known and then part of the public convention. Android always took a more conventional approach to release numbers as well... using dot/minor releases, and bug fix/revision release numbers... Like Froyo, which was released to a lot of fanfare, was a dot release... 2.2, despite being the fifth major release.
Google's explanation that Android is a much more global operating system today than it was 5 and 10 years ago, so naming releases after very Western-centric things can be confusing for diverse, international users, makes sense.
No, they've always had numbers, but development teams nicknamed each release after a dessert as a fun internal thing that became well known and then part of the public convention. Android always took a more conventional approach to release numbers as well... using dot/minor releases, and bug fix/revision release numbers... Like Froyo, which was released to a lot of fanfare, was a dot release... 2.2, despite being the fifth major release.
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I am aware of that. (It's macOS btw.) But the 10 was emphasized, and the version remains 10.
In terms of version numbers, Android Q is version 10.0 of Android(Pie was 9.0, Oreo 8.0, Nougat 7.0 etc.). It's not a case of Apple skipping 9 in their iPhone numbering.
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That sea green android next to the new typeface feels off, and that entire logo reveal video was ridiculously obtuse for the sake of nothing at all. Android 10 is hilarious, especially when you consider most of the Chinese OEM skins are all on their own ver. 10s.
Thank god for that. The dessert names only made android look childish and not to be taken seriously as an operating system. Android 10 much better and more professional. The dessert names always felt like using some kind of a fisher price phone :)
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I stopped reading at the second paragraph. Did The Verge hire a bunch of people from Pitchfork or something?
As for the news... That's fine.
As for the news... That's fine.
Was it the full release or a beta that was close to the finished release? Could have sworn it was the latter.
It's actually version 10 of Android. If I go to About Phone and look at the Android version on my Pixel 3XL right now (I'm still on Pie) it's says "9".
They've always had numbers on their versions, even if they gave them "fun" names also. The reason they're on P already is that they used to give point releases names, also. 1.5 was Cupcake, 1.6 was Donut, 2.1 was Froyo.
Not sure if it's sarcasm or not, because it's sadly believable that people would suggest that using a number based software versioning system is copying Apple.
Beta comes early (Im on 10 beta), but I believe the final version comes with the release of the latest Pixel.
Don't even need to invent a new dessert when one of the best desserts out there starts with a Q:
(It's Quindim)
Quesillo is a good one too.
