IJRCS – Volume 3 Issue 4 Paper 4

ANDROID 7 NOUGAT AND ANDROID VERSION HISTORY

Author’s Name : Sanjivani Dongre | Rajan Modi 

Volume 03 Issue 04  Year 2016  ISSN No:  2349-3828  Page no: 12-13

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Abstract:

Android “Nougat” (codenamed N in-development) is the upcoming major 7.0 release of the Android operating system.It was first released as a developer preview on March 9, 2016, with factory images for current Nexus devices, as well as with the new “Android Beta Program” which allows supported devices to be upgraded directly to the Android Nougat beta via over-the-air update. 

Keywords:

Android; Nougat; Marshmallo; Vulkan

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