Android powers over 1 billion smartphones and tablets and since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert: Cupcake, Donut, Eclat. Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean. As everyone find chocolate so tempting, Google decided to name the next version of Android (4.4) after a chocolate treat-KitKat!
About three years ago, when Google launched Kitkat, it released this statement that sheds a little more light on the naming convention than the spokesperson’s explanation: “Android is the operating system that powers over 1 billion smartphones and tablets. Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert: Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean. As everybody finds it difficult to stay away from chocolate we decided to name the next version of Android after one of our favorite chocolate treats, Kitkat.”
Google, of course, is not unique when it comes to naming important stuff after a certain category of things. Apple’s OSs are named after cats, and the Italian supercar company Lamborghini has a long tradition of naming its cars after fighting bulls, but Mountain View really does go all the way when it comes to naming their operating systems and celebrating them.
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