The new dessert codename reflects the change in Android’s build process that made Google start the lettering over again.

  • @[email protected]
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    1916 hours ago

    So the went Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich , Jellybean, KitKat, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat, Oreo, Pie, and then 10 (Quince Tart), 11 (Red Velvet Cake), 12 (Snowcone), 13 (Tiramisu), 14 (Upsidedown Cake), 15 (Vanilla Ice cream), and then they started over at B for Baklava? Weird.

    • @[email protected]
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      1614 hours ago

      I mean… This post literally includes the excerpt from the article about why. It’s literally the only thing in the OP other than the link itself.

    • MaggiWuerze
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      416 hours ago

      Yeah, at least W should have been easy enough. I can understand dodging X, Y and Z. But then why start at B?

  • @[email protected]
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    914 hours ago

    Save you a click:

    However, if you’ve been following Android platform development news lately, you may have heard of something called the trunk stable project. Without getting too technical, the way that Google develops Android has significantly changed. The first Android version to be released as part of the trunk stable project was Android 14 QPR2 back in March, which is why that release used a very different build ID naming scheme. Instead of having build IDs that started with the letter “U” for Upside Down Cake, Android 14 QPR2 had build IDs that started with the letter “A.”

  • Canadian_Cabinet
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    1216 hours ago

    Didn’t they stop doing the dessert names a few versions ago? Android Pie I think?

    • Jaypg
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      1616 hours ago

      The internal code names are still desserts. Public release names are just numbered.

  • Flax
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    818 hours ago

    Would have been funny if they used a different type of fruit, like fruit/veg