Google Gives Developers An Early Look at Android O
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KazeGG
Android "O" just sounds weird.
TheDeeGee
My Tablet is still at 4.4.2 :P
WhiteLightning
Moderator
I hope i will be able to run it on my s7 edge. currently still on 7.0 since 7.1.1 has bugs.
wavetrex
Soon they will run out of letters.
fantaskarsef
As somebody who doubts that those new android versions are much but simple bugfixes (from a user's point of view!), I have a hard time getting excited about it anymore. No real value for users since Android5, imho. Upgrading probably only kills you device's battery life (my personal paranoia theory).
Hilbert Hagedoorn
Administrator
I know right, should be a candy. Oreo probably gave them license name issues 🙂
lucidus
Android Omnom? :P
Extraordinary
S7/Edge should get 'O' from Sammy eventually, no doubt there'll be another beta programme for it too, they seem to support their devices for 3 major OS upgrades, S7/Edge has had MM and Nougat up to now
:D I wish they would name it that
airbud7
is that an 0 or a zero? ...i never could tell the difference ...:D
Neo Cyrus
It's pretty sad that between Google, the manufacturers, and the service providers that users end up with an Android version that's a year old if not older. Everything aside from freshly released phones seem to be stuck on 6.0.1 or older. My phone is relatively new and I was stuck on 6.0.1 until recently. With the manufacturer being dicks and not providing the necessary anything I couldn't even get a fully functional custom ROM of 7+, I would have had to break functionality in multiple ways.
Google need to really step up and do something to fix this, service providers refuse to even give out security updates.
Silva
Let me guess: It's a $am$ung? :banana:
:roll:
vbetts
Moderator
They licensed Kitkat lmao.
Probably Orange or something.
Extraordinary
I was sure I had read they had licencing problems getting Nutella and ended up going with Nougat, but can only find this:
When Google and Nestle formed a partnership for KitKat, Google told Mashable no money was exchanged in the deal. Instead, it was a mutually-beneficial marketing campaign.
“KitKat has been a favorite candy on the team for some time, so for the K release, we asked if they’d be willing to lend their iconic candy bar to its name,” Google explained on Android’s Google Plus page back in 2013.
Perhaps the latter involved countless hours of negotiations. Perhaps some money was exchanged after all, and it was Nestle that ultimately benefitted. Perhaps Ferrero — the owner of Nutella — had no intention of licensing its product’s name to Google.
https://gearburn.com/2016/07/android-nougat-why-did-google-snub-android-nutella-and-neyyappan/
So I guess if another deal could be struck for 'O' it would be possible for it to be 'Oreo'?
SirDremor
I can't see "O" being anything else rather than "Oreo".
Google will benefit from it, Oreo owners will benefit from it, getting at least 2 years of free advertisements for 400-500million smartphone users.
DDRSAM
From the logo alone if it's not Android Orange i'd be heavily surprised
Extraordinary
Orange isn't really keeping with the whole sweet/dessert theme though
nick0323
Dessert or deserted? I really like Android but oh hey, look at me...another new version whilst other devices get left behind in the dust.
fry178
@Neo Cyrus/nick0323
and why would they care?
when 80% of users dont even keep their phones for (+1 or 2) years?
my Xperia z is now 4y old and physically giving up (not waterproof anymore) and thats the only reason im replacing it.
as long as they dont patch/fix something that can be used/exploited in a "bad" way, i dont care about updates to android anyway...
0blivious
It's been a long time since I noticed anything different when my android updates. The "latest" version of android's essentially the same as the last few with minor tweaks. I'm sure there's stuff happening under the hood but it feels the same. Currently running 6.0 and 7.0 on my devices.
Bentez
Am i the only one that want Google to call it A.W.E.S.O.M.-O ?
