<Table> Android <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Android 8.0 Oreo home screen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developer </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Google </Li> <Li> Open Handset Alliance </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written in </Th> <Td> Java ( UI ) , C ( core ) , C++ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OS family </Th> <Td> Unix - like </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Working state </Th> <Td> Current </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source model </Th> <Td> Open source and in most devices with proprietary components </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Initial release </Th> <Td> September 23 , 2008 ; 9 years ago ( 2008 - 09 - 23 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latest release </Th> <Td> 8.0. 0 `` Oreo '' / August 21 , 2017 ; 2 months ago ( 2017 - 08 - 21 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Marketing target </Th> <Td> Smartphones , tablet computers , Android TV , Android Auto and Android Wear </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Available in </Th> <Td> 100 + languages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Package manager </Th> <Td> APK ( primarily through Google Play ; installation of APKs also possible locally or from alternative sources such as F - Droid ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Platforms </Th> <Td> 32 - and 64 - bit ARM , x86 , x86 - 64 , MIPS and MIPS64 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kernel type </Th> <Td> Monolithic ( modified Linux kernel ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Userland </Th> <Td> Bionic libc , mksh shell , Toybox as core utilities beginning with Android 6.0 , previously native core utilities with a few from NetBSD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Default user interface </Th> <Td> Graphical ( multi-touch ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> License </Th> <Td> Apache License 2.0 GNU GPL v2 for the Linux kernel modifications </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> android.com </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> Android <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Android 8.0 Oreo home screen </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Developer </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Google </Li> <Li> Open Handset Alliance </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written in </Th> <Td> Java ( UI ) , C ( core ) , C++ </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> OS family </Th> <Td> Unix - like </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Working state </Th> <Td> Current </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Source model </Th> <Td> Open source and in most devices with proprietary components </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Initial release </Th> <Td> September 23 , 2008 ; 9 years ago ( 2008 - 09 - 23 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Latest release </Th> <Td> 8.0. 0 `` Oreo '' / August 21 , 2017 ; 2 months ago ( 2017 - 08 - 21 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Marketing target </Th> <Td> Smartphones , tablet computers , Android TV , Android Auto and Android Wear </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Available in </Th> <Td> 100 + languages </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Package manager </Th> <Td> APK ( primarily through Google Play ; installation of APKs also possible locally or from alternative sources such as F - Droid ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Platforms </Th> <Td> 32 - and 64 - bit ARM , x86 , x86 - 64 , MIPS and MIPS64 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kernel type </Th> <Td> Monolithic ( modified Linux kernel ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Userland </Th> <Td> Bionic libc , mksh shell , Toybox as core utilities beginning with Android 6.0 , previously native core utilities with a few from NetBSD </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Default user interface </Th> <Td> Graphical ( multi-touch ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> License </Th> <Td> Apache License 2.0 GNU GPL v2 for the Linux kernel modifications </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Official website </Th> <Td> android.com </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when did the android operating system come out
when did the android operating system come out
September 23 , 2008
September 23 , 2008