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Google has announced that Android Q will now come with an all-new, rather boring name: Android 10. This bucks the trend of Android operating systems being named after sweet foods, and marks a change in the naming direction going forward.
In fact, the moniker Android âQâ seems like it has been dropped altogether, signalling the next operating system wonât be Android R, and Google puts this change down to consumer choice.
Google said, âweâve heard feedback over the years that the names werenât always understood by everyone in the global communityâ. You can read Googleâs full announcement here.
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[li]These are the best Android phones[/li][li]This is what we know about Android Q / 10[/li][li]Check out the Google Play Store redesign[/li][/ul]
Itâs true that âAndroid 10â is a lot easier to interpret as the tenth iteration of Android than âAndroid Qâ, especially in regions with non-Latin alphabets, and the change is taking place as Android is becoming a ubiquitous operating system in many regions around the world.
The Android 10 naming change brings with it an aesthetic change to Androidâs branding, putting the Android mascot front and center (well, slightly to the right like you can see above), and introducing a more green-centric color scheme too. Google says itâs going to start using this design over its various apps and services in the weeks leading up to Android 10âs release and beyond that.
Along with news of the official name of Android 10 comes the first wave of confirmations as to what devices itâll run on. Weâve heard from HMD Global (the manufacturer of Nokia devices) that the Nokia 9 PureView, Nokia 8.1 and Nokia 7.1 will all be compatible when Android 10 is out, and many other phones in the companyâs stable will be upgraded over the first half of 2020.
Weâd expect many other companies have similar announcements in the works, and we will update this story when we hear more.
Weâre expecting the final release of Android 10 at some point before the end of August, so the first batch of smartphones will be running it very soon.
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In fact, the moniker Android âQâ seems like it has been dropped altogether, signalling the next operating system wonât be Android R, and Google puts this change down to consumer choice.
Google said, âweâve heard feedback over the years that the names werenât always understood by everyone in the global communityâ. You can read Googleâs full announcement here.
[ul]
[li]These are the best Android phones[/li][li]This is what we know about Android Q / 10[/li][li]Check out the Google Play Store redesign[/li][/ul]
Itâs true that âAndroid 10â is a lot easier to interpret as the tenth iteration of Android than âAndroid Qâ, especially in regions with non-Latin alphabets, and the change is taking place as Android is becoming a ubiquitous operating system in many regions around the world.
The Android 10 naming change brings with it an aesthetic change to Androidâs branding, putting the Android mascot front and center (well, slightly to the right like you can see above), and introducing a more green-centric color scheme too. Google says itâs going to start using this design over its various apps and services in the weeks leading up to Android 10âs release and beyond that.
Along with news of the official name of Android 10 comes the first wave of confirmations as to what devices itâll run on. Weâve heard from HMD Global (the manufacturer of Nokia devices) that the Nokia 9 PureView, Nokia 8.1 and Nokia 7.1 will all be compatible when Android 10 is out, and many other phones in the companyâs stable will be upgraded over the first half of 2020.
Weâd expect many other companies have similar announcements in the works, and we will update this story when we hear more.
Weâre expecting the final release of Android 10 at some point before the end of August, so the first batch of smartphones will be running it very soon.
[ul]
[li]Will your next phone use dark mode as default?[/li][/ul]
Continue readingâŚ