Although it seems like yesterday that all this began, the android history It has been around for years, and in our section we have already gone through many phases. In this case, after telling you what happened in 2008 with the launch of the first terminal with the operating system, we will explain how the following year, 2009, becomes the year in which software is the main protagonist. Precisely at this time the improvements of the first version of Android would arrive, which was already updated with Android 1.1 Banana Bread, which despite not bringing important changes, was a step forward in the resolution of bugs.
But maybe 2009, in the android history As an operating system, it literally begins with the release of Android 1.1 Banana Bread in February 2009. On April 30, Android 1.5 CupCake arrived. On September 15, 2009, Android 1.6 Donut would arrive, which we will also talk about below. And if two updates weren't enough, the best was yet to be seen. Because in 2009, what was one of the most used versions would also arrive. We are talking about Android 2.0 Eclair. But don't worry, we're going to go one by one through the history and evolution of Android this year. Go for it?
From Android 1.1 Banana Bread to Android 2.0 Eclair
Android 1.1 Banana Bread
It was a necessary update that arrived in February 2009 with the intention of solving many of the bugs and errors of the first version of Android, the 1.0 Apple Pie.
Android 1.5 Cupcake
With it, some relevant changes have already arrived. In this case, Android version 1.5 Cupcake was based on the linux kernel 2.6.27. Among the changes that it entailed, we can highlight:
- Video recording and playback with camcorder
- Uploading videos from the terminal to Youtube and Picassa
- New keyboard with textual prediction
- Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP support
- Automatic Bluetooth connection within a certain distance
- New widgets and folders that can now be part of the home screen
- Animated screen transitions
Android 1.6 Donut
In this case, the update was released in September 2009 and was based on the Linux kernel 2.6.29
- Best experience in the Android Market
- Camera, recording and gallery integrated with each other.
- Multiple selection of photos in the gallery to be able to delete them.
- Updated voice search
- Improved search experience that now includes bookmarks, histories, contacts, and web pages.
- CDMA / EVDO, 802.1x, VPN and text-to-speech support
- Introduction of WVGA display support
- Search and camera performance improvements
- gesturebuilder
- Free turn-by-turn navigation
Android 2.0 Eclair
The last of this year's updates came with several new features in October 2009, just a month after the one we just discovered. The novelties in this case, came in the following aspects:
- Hardware speed improvement
- Support of various screen sizes and resolutions
- Revamped user interface
- HTML5 support
- Introducing new features in contact lists
- Google Maps 3.1.2 update
- Support for Microsoft Exchange
- Flash support built into the camera
- Digital zoom
- Enhanced multi-touch capture with MotionEvent.
- Virtual keyboard enhancements
- Bluetooth 2.1
- Animated wallpapers
As you can see, 2009 was a very busy year in the history of Android. Although we still have a lot to see, to those who have just started to follow us in our section, we recommend taking a look at our index, in the first of the articles about The true story of Android so as not to miss any of the phases that the OS went through.
