Timeline: ANDROID VERSIONS

Sep 23, 2008

Android 1.0

YouTube video player.
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support.
Support status: Unsupported.

Feb 9, 2009

Android 1.1: Petit four

When a user searches for businesses on Maps, details and reviews are avaliable.
Ability to save attachments in messages.
Support status: Unsupported.

Apr 27, 2009

Android 1.5: Cupcake

Animated screen transitions.
Auto-rotation option.
Support status: Unsupported.

Sep 15, 2009

Android 1.6: Donut

Users can select multiple photos to delete them.
Developers can include their content in search results.
Support status: Unsupported.

Oct 26, 2009

Android 2.0 - 2.1: Eclair

Expanded Account synchronization, it allows users to add multiple accounts to a device for synchronization of emails and contacts.
Users can tap a Contacts photo and select to call, SMS, or email the person.
Support status: Unsupported as of June 30, 2017

May 20, 2010

Android 2.2 - 2.2.3: Froyo

Speed, memory and performance optimizations.
Option to disable data acces over mobile network.
Support status: Obsolete, unsupported.

Dec 6, 2010

Android 2.3 - 2.3.7: Gingerbread

The user interface design is updated with increased simplicity and speed.
Be able to do copy/paste, allowing users to select a word by press-hold, copy and paste.
Support status: Obsolete, unsupported.

Feb 22, 2011

Android 3.0 - 3.2.6: Honeycomb

Redisigned keyboard, making typing fast, efficient and accurate on larger screen sizes.
Simplified, more intuitive copy-paste interface.
Support status: Obsolete, unsupported.

Oct 18, 2011

Android 4.0 - 4.0.4: Ice Cream Sandwich

Easier to create folders with a drag and drop style.
Separation of widgets in a new tab, listed in a similar manner to applications.
Support status: Obsolete, unsupported.

Jul 9, 2012

Android 4.1 - 4.3.1: Jelly Bean

Improved camera application.
Lock/home screen rotation support.
Support status: No longer receives security updates. Still supported by Google API Services.

Oct 31, 2013

Android 4.4 - 4.4.4: KitKat

Expanded funcionality for notification listener services.
Further security enhacements and bugfixes.
Support status: Unsupported with security updates (hasn't had any since October 2017). Still supported by Google API Services.

Nov 12, 2014

Android 5.0 - 5.1.1: Lollipop

Support for print previews.
The accesibility support is improved(switch access support).
Support status: No version is supported with securityupdates (last one arrived in March 2018). Still supported a Google API Services.

Oct 5, 2015

Android 6.0 - 6.0.1: Marshmallow

Contextual search from keyboards within apps.
Application folders are larger, they have multiple pages.
Support status: Not supported with security updated (last one arrived in August 2018). Still supported by Google API Services.