{"id":158201,"date":"2019-08-26T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/?guid=9545da02af68e500e06ac865934085fd"},"modified":"2019-08-26T21:00:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T13:00:02","slug":"why-im-glad-googles-done-with-dessert-names-for-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/26\/why-im-glad-googles-done-with-dessert-names-for-android\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I’m glad Google’s done with dessert names for Android"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let’s face it — this was bound to happen sooner or later.<\/p>\n

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Ever since the release of Android 1.5 Cupcake back in 2009, every subsequent update for the OS has had a tasty dessert name to go along with its numerical position — some of my favorites being Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, Pie, and the class<\/a>ic Froyo.<\/p>\n

These dessert names have been a staple of the Android brand for nearly a decade, and leading up to each new release, part of the fun is guessing what treat name Google’s come up with. We’ve been painstakingly brainstorming what in the world Android Q would be called, but last week, Google dropped quite the bombshell<\/a> with its announcement that Q’s official name would just be “Android 10”. From this point forward, Google and Android are done with the dessert names.<\/p>\n

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This came as quite a shock, and a lot of longtime Android users are (unsurprisingly) not happy with this decision. While I fully agree that the updated naming scheme isn’t nearly as fun or playful, I also think it’s a big step in the right direction for the public image of Android as a whole.<\/p>\n

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Everything about the new name is easier to understand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As soon as Google announced the name-change, the first thing I thought of was updates.<\/p>\n

To you and me, it’s obvious that Android Pie is newer than Oreo and that Marshmallow is a few years old at this point. To the average Joe, however, those names mean nothing. How’s a normal person supposed to know the differences between OS updates if they’re class<\/a>ified by dessert names? Oreo to Pie means nothing, but Android 8 to 9 is clear and easy to understand.<\/p>\n

Android 10 is this year’s big update, and in the years following, we’ll have Android 11, 12, 13, etc. By all accounts, that’s much clearer than having even more dessert names for people to keep up with.<\/p>\n

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