Android Interface
The first developed mobile operating System is Android by Android Inc situated in Silicon Valley. Later, Google company bought the OS in 2005 and the first commercial Android device was launched in 2008. Android was designed for touchscreen mobile devices, which contains a modified version of the Linux Kernel plus some of the open-source software. The current version of Android is Android 9 or Pie which was released on August 2018. Android is the best marketing operating system all over the world on smartphones since 2011 and since 2013 on tablets.
Android operating system supports numerous applications on smartphones; therefore, it is the most powerful OS in the world nowadays. Android has taken 82.8% of the market share. Since Android OS has an open-source nature, a various number of software can be loaded. The users have given a high level of customizing priorities. The platform developer tools are user-friendly, therefore new software can be easily developed. Android is a very comfortable, user-friendly and beneficial operating system for any user. The users can get millions of other open-source apps to manage their lifestyle. Even paid apps are for low costs and are favorable to any user status.
Android device is a device that runs an Android operating system and it may be a smartphone, tablet or any other mobile device which requires an operating system to run. Android mobile devices have an operating system, core applications, and middleware for function. Some of the well-known Android device manufacturing companies are Acer, HTC, Samsung, Huawei, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, etc. All android devices have common features and benefits. Manufacturers customize those features and develop their products.
The smartphone is the name given to a phone which is more developed as a computer. Other than normal call and texting features of phones, they also have functioned as a computer such as capture photos and editing, browsing internet, videography, and editing, playing games, sending emails, etc. Smartphone requires an operating system to work and they can have different operating systems. The operating system is the main software that runs all the other software. Examples of operating systems in smartphones are Android, Windows, iOS, Blackberry OS, Palm OS, etc. The major operating systems popular nowadays are Android and iOS. A smartphone that has Android in it is an Android phone.
Android phones are multitasking and they can run many applications at the same time. There will always be notifications on the Home Screen of the Android phone and the LED indicator will blink, so you will not miss a single SMS, Email or even Miss call. It can access various open source and paid software. User-friendly and developer-friendly. Easy to customize as we prefer. Good to develop new software for the android platform since many mobile companies use android operating systems in their devices.