TechHive: Sweet! We just picked dessert names for all the future versions of Android

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thumbnail Sweet! We just picked dessert names for all the future versions of Android
Oct 21st 2013, 10:00, by Armando Rodriguez, Florence Ion

Android's version names are

...so sweet that sometimes we find ourselves salivating when the company announces a new one.

There's no special reason why Google has stuck with dessert-centric names for its alphabetically ordered Android versions from Cupcake (Android 1.5) forward. A Google spokesman told CNN a few years back that it was an "internal team thing, and we prefer to be...a bit inscrutable on the matter."

We decided that it would be fun to help Google out a bit by coming up with names for future versions of Android to follow the current KitKat (Android 4.4). We also came up with a few mockups of what future logos might look like. Feel free to take notes, Google.

Android 5.0 Lollipop

It's sugar-free, of course, infused with Xylitol for cavity-fighting power. Consider it a metaphor for Android's constant battle against malware.

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