San Francisco: For promoting the next version of Android globally, technology major Google goes the ‘Kit Kat’ way. Sundar Pichai, head of Android division at Google, on Tuesday revealed that” Android 4.4 will be called “KitKat” to keep up with the company’s penchant for giving tasty names to its software for powering mobile devices.”
“We now have over 1 billion Android activations and hope this guy in front of the building keeps that momentum going,” Pichai tweeted as well as posted an image of a giant Android mascot built like KitKat chocolate.
“Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each Android version is named after a dessert,” said the head of Android division yesterday. Chocolate is a weakness and we know that! Keeping this in mind we decided to name the next version of Android after one of our favourite chocolate treats.
The list of Android software names over the years includes Cupcake, Donut, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean. In a promotion deal, Google is enticing people with chances to win Android-powered Nexus 7 tablets on credit at its online Play shop by buying KitKat candy bars featuring Android robot icons on wrappers. This announcement comes at a time when Apple is well positioned to recapture market with new releases later this year.
Android software powers more than a billion smartphones or tablets worldwide, according to Google.
Smartphones powered by Google’s Android software increased their global market share as iPhones lost ground in the absence of new models being unleashed by Apple, the International Data Corporation reported last month.
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