A brief history of Android

In just 6 years, Google's mobile operating system has grown into one of the most pervasive mobile platforms on the planet. Though it has changed dramatically, it's remarkable just how much of the platform they got right from the very beginning. Here's a look back at Android's evolution from Cupcake and Donut to KitKat and Lollipop.

[henrybrar]

whatsup with that scary background music

[markgoho]

As someone who's had Android since the G-1, this was a delightful trip down memory lane. Thanks The Verge!

[AKSnowLeopard]

does anyone else feel old after watching this?

[RamonMcNally]

*Android isn't perfect.* But what it has done and *mean* today is even bigger. 

[SamSpain]

Kinda miss some of the old school Tron-feeling Android designs. Material design is such a giant leap from Google though.

[bryangrunauer]

I like the oldschool look of this video, great attention to detail. It even has that subtle blurriness of old videos!

[Jmodderator]

Dear sound mixer,

Why do you have a soft spoken person talking...under...louder music?

Signed,
Everyone with ears.

[TheShapingSickness]

Hey I'm surprised Apple wasn't mentioned at all

[iamdrtechie]

The most important transition from Eclair to Froyo was the ability to move apps to SD card. It was a nice feature addition since most of the phones, even the flagship ones, at that time had an internal memory of 512 MB to 1 GB.

[sergioschristofis]

And now we have 8.0 Oreo, in less than a decade Android experience has become much better

[Cyber_Horse_Studios]

This needs to be updated as soon as possible! I honestly really love this video, even as an Apple user. Just reuse the music again as well as the theme, and then just add the latest Android versions all the way to 13!

[teistooher]

I remember having an Android Honeycomb tablet… it was like the weirdest experience on Android EVER. It was just… so DIFFERENT. ICS was honestly the update that, to me, made Android one of the best OS's out there.

[BlendiKrasniqi]

They should make "A brief history of iOS" video, it would probably be 5 minutes shorter than this one.

[MarcelloTravaini]

"Moving Android from the software that ran on your phone, to the software that runs on everything in your life"

[lorumipsum]

goddamn it. why do you have to show the food that androids named after.? I'm hungry now.

[IsabellaMonty]

When The Verge mentioned Apple, people called them BIASED, but when they didn't mention Apple in a video at all, people bitchin' out.

Jeez... People in the comment section are kinda fucked up.

[jadearrieta]

Evolution of Android be like: dessert all you can eat!

[Ishmenikka]

This video was really informal and i like that a lot. Its hard to believe that android has changed so much. The person who made this video got it perfect the presentation, the length, everything.

[desolat]

I like material design. I'm still waiting for Google to give in to consumer demands and merge Chrome OS with Android. Android on an ultrabook would be amazing.

[rebornlol]

Great video. More like this on other companies please.