Android is a mobile operatin seestem (OS) based on the Linux kernel that is currently developed bi Google. It is feckly uised for touch-screen devices, sic as smartphones an tablet computers, but haes an aa been developit for uiss wi ither Google hardware includin televeesions (Android TV) an wearables (Android Wear).
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Android |
| Company / developer | Google
Open Handset Alliance |
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| Written in | C (core), C++, Java (UI)[1] |
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| OS faimily | Unix-lik |
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| Wirkin state | Current |
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| Soorce model | Open soorce[2] an in maist devices wi proprietary components[3] |
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| Initial release | 23 September 2008 (2008-09-23)[4] |
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| Latest release | 6.0.1 "Marshmallow" / December 9, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-12-09) |
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| Latest preview | Android N / Mairch 9, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-03-09) |
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| Mercatin target | Smartphones
Tablet computers |
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| Available in | Multi-lingual (46 leids) |
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| Package manager | Google Play, APK |
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| Platforms | 32-bit ARM, MIPS,[5] x86,[6] x86-64 |
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| Kernel type | Monolithic (modified Linux kernel) |
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| Userland | Bionic libc,[7] mksh shell,[8] native core utilities wi a few frae NetBSD[9] |
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| Default uiser interface | Graphical (Multi-touch) |
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| License | Apache License 2.0
Modified Linux kernel unner GNU GPL v2[10] |
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| Offeecial wabsteid | www.android.com |
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