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Android Nougat

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Also known as Android 7.0, Nougat

seventh major version of the Android operating system

Key facts

Developer
Google
General availability
August 22, 2016 ; 9 years ago ( 2016-08-22 ) (as Android 7.0) October 4, 2016 ; 9 years ago ( 2016-10-04 ) (as Android 7.1) December 5, 2016 ; 9 years ago ( 2016-12-05 ) (as Android 7.1.1) April 2, 2017 ; 9 years ago ( 2017-04-02 ) (as Android 7.1.2)
Final release
7.1.2_r38 (197297190) / October 4, 2019 ; 6 years ago ( 2019-10-04 )
Kernel type
Monolithic ( Linux 4.1)
Preceded by
Android Marshmallow (6.x)
Succeeded by
Android Oreo (8.x)
Official website
www .android .com /versions /nougat-7-0 /

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Android Nougat (codenamed Android N during development) is the seventh major version and 14th version of the Android operating system. First released as an alpha test version on March 9, 2016, it was officially released on August 22, 2016, with Nexus devices being the first to receive the update.

The LG V20 was the first smartphone released with Nougat in 2016.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Android Nougat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.