As for the 12-year-old Android Cupcake, do you still remember?

As we know, Android when this thread was created has reached Android 11 which was released in September 2020. The age of Android itself as a mobile operating system has reached 13 years since it first appeared in 2008. When it was launched, the first mobile phone to use Android was the HTC Dream which is now remembered as the ancestor of Android phones around the world.

The HTC Dream launched with Android version 1.0, without using the name of the appetizer. It was only in April 2009, Google released Android 1.5 with the code name Cupcake. Since then Android became widely known.

This means that on April 27, 2021 yesterday, Android Cupcake is 12 years old. To commemorate it, here is a discussion about Android Cupcake, bro.

1. Release

Android Cupcake was released in April 2009 as the first major update to the Android OS and became generally available after previously being available for the HTC Dream. As for the information, Android Cupcake was released at the same time as the introduction of the HTC Magic. This release made Android at that time the center of attention in the midst of competition for the iPhone and Blackberry as well as Nokia who were busy with their Symbian.

A few months later other vendors started using Android Cupcake.

2. The Samsung Galaxy Series is Born

Samsung is the king of smartphones in the world thanks to the Samsung Galaxy series, which until now have continued to release a large number of new series. But do you know what is the first Android smartphone from Samsung? The answer is the original Samsung Galaxy which was released in June 2009 with the Android OS Cupcake. Thanks to this phone Samsung then released the Samsung Galaxy S a year later and reaped great success.

3. Main Features

Android Cupcake when its release brings a key feature that is quite important which will continue to be maintained and developed again in the next Android version. In Cupcake, users can install third-party virtual keyboards for the first time.

Then for the first time the widget feature was introduced on the homescreen. This feature is a typical Android feature that is not available on iOS. In version i, a text copy and paste feature is also embedded which is very useful and continues to exist today. Other features are automatic screen rotation, animated screen transitions, etc.

4.Android Market and Games

Google Play Store used to be called Android Market. Since the Android Cupcake Android Market began to be filled with various applications by developers. However, there were not as many game choices as now. Games that were famous at that time were Angry Birds, Asphalt 5, Modern Combat, etc. However, smartphones with Android Cupcake offer special features that are not found in other OS.

5. Long-lived

Usually Google provides support on Android versions from three to four years from release. Android Oreo was launched in 2017 and its support will be discontinued in 2021. Meanwhile Android Cupcake has had a fairly long life span of 8 years. Google stopped supporting Android Cupcake in 2017. Making it the version of Android with the longest lifespan.