WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.920 Android has been with us for about 15 years now, and it runs on around three billion devices, 00:00:05.920 --> 00:00:09.920 way more than even Windows. So today we're gonna look back at every version 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:16.320 of Android ever, starting out with 1.0, which came out way back in 2008, an innocent time. 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:20.160 It looked a little something like this, with the first mass-market Android phone 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:24.880 being the HTC Dream, featuring 256 megs of storage, 00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:30.680 an actual physical keyboard, and an incredibly lifelike 320 by 480 display 00:00:30.680 --> 00:00:34.120 that slid away from the main body. You get that satisfying, 00:00:34.120 --> 00:00:37.360 kinda clicks down when you hang up. But unsurprisingly, not everyone wanted 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:41.560 an easily breakable sliding screen. So it was good that Android 1.5 Cupcake, 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:45.140 released in 2009, introduced support for auto rotation, 00:00:45.140 --> 00:00:49.360 as well as an on-screen keyboard. It also allowed for third-party widgets, 00:00:49.360 --> 00:00:54.520 setting the stage for everyone and their mother to come out with a weather forecast on your home screen. 00:00:54.520 --> 00:00:57.640 We got Android 1.6 Donut later in 2009, 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:01.480 which gave quality-of-life improvements like better scaling for different-sized phones, 00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:07.080 as well as text-to-speech support. But 2.0, E.Claire, came later that same year 00:01:07.080 --> 00:01:10.600 and represented a bigger improvement that introduced multi-touch support 00:01:10.600 --> 00:01:18.320 and a large suite of photo editing features, as well as an incessant adlets for the OG Motorola Droid. 00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:24.240 The next year, we got Android 2.2 Froyo, which allowed you to use your phone as a Wi-Fi hotspot 00:01:24.240 --> 00:01:28.440 and also supported Adobe Flash, for as long as that was relevant. 00:01:28.440 --> 00:01:31.720 And it could even play animated GIFs, yes, I say GIFs, 00:01:31.720 --> 00:01:37.640 marking a pivotal moment in the evolution of human society. This was followed by 2.3 Gingerbread later in 2010, 00:01:37.640 --> 00:01:42.040 which provided resolutions up to 1366 by 768, 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:46.320 along with support for NFC signals and the all-important selfie cam. 00:01:46.320 --> 00:01:49.640 Honeycomb or Android 3.0 graced us with its presence 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:53.000 in 2011 and was actually a tablet-only version 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:58.400 that introduced a whole new UI design and support for browser tabs and multi-core processors. 00:01:58.400 --> 00:02:01.960 The next version for phones though was Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. 00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:07.000 That one further refined the user experience, bringing us swipe to dismiss as well as face unlock, 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:10.120 which some people actually thought was an unnecessary gimmick. 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:15.520 We got Android Jelly Bean 4.1 in 2012, which crucially allows you to individually disable 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:20.400 notifications from specific apps so you could finally silence those stupid freemium games. 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:24.600 2013's KitKat or Android 4.4 helped with optimizing Android 00:02:24.600 --> 00:02:27.720 for lower-end devices, as there were plenty of phones out 00:02:27.720 --> 00:02:34.280 that didn't run Android all that well. But Android 5.0 Lollipop from 2014 was a bigger deal, 00:02:34.280 --> 00:02:39.040 as it gave us notification cards similar to how notifications are handled today. 00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:42.920 This was part of Google's push to get their new design language, material design, 00:02:42.920 --> 00:02:47.600 onto phones, which was supposed to provide visual elements that were cleaner and more intuitive. 00:02:47.600 --> 00:02:52.720 2015's release was Marshmallow 6.0, which gave us support for biometric unlocking via fingerprint. 00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:56.920 I can't believe they didn't have it before. And USB-C support, so we no longer had to fight 00:02:56.920 --> 00:03:02.600 to insert the cable the right way. 2016's Android 7.0 Nougat didn't have a creamy center, 00:03:02.600 --> 00:03:06.040 but it did give us a split-screen option for displaying multiple apps, 00:03:06.040 --> 00:03:09.280 as well as customizable settings icons in the notification shade. 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:14.920 Still with us, we're getting to the more modern area of Android now, with 2017's 8.0 Oreo 00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:19.440 that brought us picture-in-picture. I guess the little screen is like the Oreo's filling. 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:25.800 Who wrote this? Along with wider color gamuts and even a self-repair tool called Rescue Party 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:31.440 that could save you from getting stuck in a boot loop. Android 9 Pie from 2018 was the last version 00:03:31.440 --> 00:03:36.240 to be named after a tasty dessert, unfortunately, and brought a refresh of material design, 00:03:36.240 --> 00:03:40.480 disabled notifications from apps you habitually dismissed automatically, 00:03:40.480 --> 00:03:44.040 and introduced notch support, which was something I know all of us 00:03:44.040 --> 00:03:48.880 were waiting for with bated breath. 2019's Android 10 is the oldest version 00:03:48.880 --> 00:03:53.600 that still supported at the time we wrote this video, and not only did it make our lives easier 00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:57.960 with simple gestures like swipe to go back, which I actually use instead of the buttons, 00:03:57.960 --> 00:04:01.120 but it gave us the long-requested system-wide dark mode 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:04.200 so that we can obliterate our retinas a little more slowly. 00:04:04.200 --> 00:04:07.200 Android 11, released in 2020, clamped down on privacy 00:04:07.200 --> 00:04:13.000 by restricting when apps could fetch your location and made accessing payment methods and smart home functions 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:18.640 a bit easier by holding down the power button. But 2021's Android 12 gave us another privacy boost 00:04:18.640 --> 00:04:22.480 by mandating a green indicator whenever the camera or microphone is active, 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:25.880 alongside a major redesign called Material U. 00:04:25.880 --> 00:04:29.360 And aside from the stupid name, it looks like it'll be with us for quite a while, 00:04:29.360 --> 00:04:33.640 as a way to distinguish Android from its major competitor, iOS. 00:04:33.640 --> 00:04:38.800 So that's every version of Android ever, until, of course, Android 13 comes out, 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:43.440 and we'll have to do this whole video all over again, because we're completionists like that. 00:04:43.440 --> 00:04:47.440 Thanks for watching, guys. 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