Updated History of Android OS Release

From Oldest to Latest Android OS Reviews

As the time goes by, many applications technology has been evolved. Since popularity is the best choice for the market industry, fortunately Google Teams made the difference by lunching a new Operating System for I-phones. Through this latest 

software technology, the android team released different versions that suits to the market demand. This time i will give you a reviews for an updated history of android OS release that can give you the best choice that suits your needs and give you the full details about android OS edition. Through the latest trend of android OS you can now review here the seven series version of Android OS Release.

  

1.5 Cupcake
It was the first major update to Android that supported devices other than the G1.
for more details:
Android 1.5 Highlights

Changelog:

• MMS - New Features
• E-mail - Significant bug fixes
• Alarm Clock - Significant bug fixes
• Package Installer - Significant bug fixes
• Settings - New features
• Music - New features
• Browser - New features
• VoiceDialer - New features
• Camera/Gallery - New features
• Download manager - New features
• Framework - New features + Significant bug fixes
• Bluetooth - New features + Significant bug fixes
• System software - New features
• Radio & Telephony - New features

1.6 Donut
for more details:
Android 1.6 Highlights

Changelog:

• Quick Search Box for Android
• Camera, Camcorder, and Gallery
• VPN, 802.1x
• Battery usage indicator
• Accessibility
• Expanded Search Framework
• Text-to-speech engine
• Gestures
• Accessibility
• Expanded support for screen densities and resolutions
• Telephony support for CDMA
• New version of OpenCore
• 2.6.29 Linux kernel

2.0/2.1 Eclair
for more details:
Android 2.0 Highlights

Changelog:

• Account manager API
• Sync adapter API
• Quick contact
• Unified inbox with support for
  o multiple Google/Gmail accounts
  o Microsoft Exchange/Activesync accounts
  o Facebook
• New Bluetooth API
• HTML5 compatible browser
• Overhauled camera app
• Improved accuracy and usability of onscreen keyboard
• Additional screen resolutions and sizes
• Updated UI
• New Gallery app
• Live wallpapers
• New News/weather widget

2.2 Froyo
for more details:
Android 2.2 Highlights

Changelog:

• JIT (Just in Time) Compiler
  o 2 to 2.5 times faster due to JIT compiler.
• Enterprise
  o Microsoft Exchange friendly!
  o New APIs for device management - remote wipe, etc.
• browser enhancements
  o 2-3 x performance improvement (Chrome JS engine) "World's Fastest Mobile Browser"
• Application data backup API, in addition to the installed applications backup
• Cloud to phone API (Send intents from PC browser to phone)
• Android Market improvements
  o Improved search
  • + (Quick search)
  • + Search from within app data
  • + Official Apps on SD card support
  • + "Update all apps"
  • + Optional auto-update of all apps
  • + Crash reporting API
• Macromedia/Adobe Flash 10.1 support
• Internet connection sharing
  o Tethering to a single PC over USB or Bluetooth
  o Mobile WiFi hotspot/router
• Separation of core OS and Google apps
• Stagefright
• 2.6.32 kernel upgrade
  • HIGHMEM support for RAM >256MB
  • SDIO scheduling and BT improvements

2.3 Gingerbread
for more details:
Android 2.3 Highlights

Changelog:

• UI refinements for simplicity and speed
• Faster, more intuitive text input
• One-touch word selection and copy/paste
• Improved power management
• Control over applications
• New ways of communicating, organizing
  o Internet calling
  o Near-field communications
  
• Downloads management
• Enhancements for gaming
• New forms of communication
  o Internet telephony
  o Near Field Communications (NFC)turers.
  
• Rich multimedia
• Media Framework
  o New media framework fully replaces OpenCore, maintaining all previous codec/container support for encoding and decoding.
  o Integrated support for the VP8 open video compression format and the WebM open container format
  o Adds AAC encoding and AMR wideband encoding
  
• Linux Kernel upgraded to 2.6.35
• Networking
  o SIP stack, configurable by device manufacturer
  o Support for Near Field Communications (NFC), configurable by device manufacturer
  o Updated BlueZ stack
  
• Dalvik runtime improvements

3.0 Honeycomb
Exclusive to Tablets
for more details:
Android 3.0 Highlights

Changelog:

• Optimized tablet support with a new user interface
• Three dimensional desktop with redesigned widgets
• Refined multi-tasking
• Browser enhancements
• Support for video chat using Google Talk
• Hardware acceleration
• Support for multi-core processors

4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Android 4.0 Highlights

Changelog:

• Virtual buttons in the UI, in place of capacitive or physical buttons
• Separation of widgets in a new tab, listed in a similar list to apps
• Easier-to-create folders, with a drag-and-drop style
• A customizable launcher
• Improved visual voicemail with the ability to speed up or slow down voicemail messages
• Pinch-to-zoom functionality in the calendar
• Offline search, a two-line preview, and new action bar at the bottom of the Gmail app
• Ability to swipe left or right to switch between Gmail conversations
• Integrated screenshot capture (accomplished by holding down the Power and Volume-Down buttons)
• Improved error correction on the keyboard
• Ability to access apps directly from lock screen (similar to the HTC Sense 3.x)
• Improved copy and paste functionality
• Better voice integration and continuous, real-time speech to text dictation
• Face Unlock, a feature that allows users to unlock handsets using facial recognition software
• New tabbed web browser, allowing up to 16 tabs
• Automatic syncing of browser with users' Chrome bookmarks
• Modern Roboto font
• Data Usage section in settings that lets users set warnings when they approach a certain usage limit, and disable data when the limit is exceeded
• Ability to shut down apps that are using data in the background
• Improved camera app with zero shutter lag, time lapse settings, panorama mode, and the ability to zoom while recording
• Built-in photo editor
• New gallery layout, organized by location and person
• Refreshed 'People' app with social network integration, status updates and hi-res images
• Android Beam, a NFC feature that lets user exchange web bookmarks, contact info, directions, YouTube, etc.
• Hardware acceleration of the UI
• Resizeable widgets, already part of 3.1 but new for cellphones
• Wi-Fi Direct[60]
• 1080p video recording for stock android

If you have questions you can leave a comment here so that we can discuss about their differences, advantages and disadvantages of series android OS developement. Enjoy reading!