Android chief Sundar Pichai has announced via Google+ and Twitter
that the long-awaited moment of Android’s 1 billion activations has
finally arrived. After such a milestone, Google’s stronghold over the
market has probably become unmatchable.
“All this Android innovation is driving tremendous ecosystem momentum
and I’m excited to share that together we’ve now passed 1 Billion
Android device activations”, he wrote. “Huge thanks to the entire
Android community from the hardware manufacturers, chip makers and
carriers to the developers and content creators to all of you – our
Android users around the world – for making this possible.”
He also made full use of the moment to tease the next version of
Android which has found a new name in “KitKat”, rather than the name Key
Lime Pie which circulated around the web for months before being turned
down.
“On my return from Asia, I was also thrilled to find this guy waiting
to greet me on the front lawn — love the new #AndroidKitKat statue and
can’t wait to release the next version of the platform that is as sweet
as the candy bar that’s one of our team’s favorites.”
Yes, KitKat is named after the popular chocolate and Google has
secured rights to that too. The OS name skips the space between the two
parts though.
An official section has been dedicated in the operating system’s official site already with a simple message accompanying it:
It’s our goal with Android KitKat to make an amazing Android experience available for everybody.
And oh, a new statue has joined the existing statues of Android
versions in GooglePlex already which looks just as mouth-watering as the
older ones. Google has once again followed its famous tradition of
naming OS versions after desserts in this instance.
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