Source model

Open source[2] and in most devices

with proprietarycomponents[3]

Initial release

September 23, 2008; 6 years ago[4]

Latest release

5.1.1 "Lollipop" / April 21, 2015; 4

months ago

Latest preview

6.0 "Marshmallow" (developer preview

3) / August 17, 2015; 27 days ago

Marketing target

Smartphones, tablet
computers,TVs, cars and wearable
devices

Available in

70 languages[a]

Package manager

Google Play, APK

Platforms

32- and 64-bit: ARM architectures, x86,

[5]

x86-64,MIPS[6] and MIPS64[b]

Kernel type

Monolithic (modified Linux kernel)

Userland

Bionic libc,[7] mksh shell,[8]native core

utilities with a few from NetBSD[9]

Default user interface Graphical (Multi-touch)

License

Apache License 2.0

GNU GPL v2 for the Linux
kernel modifications[10]

Official website

www.android.com

Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kerneland currently developed
by Google. With a user interface based ondirect manipulation, Android is designed primarily
for touchscreenmobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user
interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear).
The OS uses touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions, like swiping, tapping,
pinching, and reverse pinching to manipulate on-screen objects, and avirtual keyboard. Despite
being primarily designed for touchscreen input, it has also been used in game consoles, digital
cameras, regularPCs, and other electronics. As of 2015, Android has the largestinstalled base of
all operating systems.[11] As of July 2013, the Google Play store has had over one million Android
applications ("apps") published, and over 50 billion applications downloaded. [12] An AprilMay
2013 survey of mobile application developers found that 71% of them create applications for
Android;[13] another 2015 survey, found that 40% of full-time professional developers see Android
as the "priority" target platform, which is more than iOS (37%) or other platforms.[14] At Google
I/O2014, the company revealed that there were over one billion active monthly Android users, up
from 538 million in June 2013.[15]

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Android 5.0 home screen

Developer

Google
Open Handset Alliance

Written in

C (core), C++, Java (UI)[1]

OS family

Unix-like

Working state

Current