Android 14’s internal dessert code name is revealed by the AOSP
AOSP changes the internal codename of Android 14 to Upside Down Cake
Android started to use the numerical release number as Android’s official release name in 2019 with Android 10. That year, the dessert name was to start with the letter “Q” which made things rather difficult to say the least. Google apparently took this as a sign to end the practice although, inside Google, Android 10 was called “Quince Tart.”
Google reveals the internal dessert name for Android 14
Here is the list of Android dessert codenames that we promised:
- Android Cupcake 1.5.
- Android Donut 1.6.
- Android Eclair 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.
- Android Froyo 2.2-2.2.3.
- Android Gingerbread 2.3-2.3.2, 2.3.3-2.3.7.
- Android Honeycomb 3.0, 3.1, 3.2-3.26.
- Android Ice Cream Sandwich Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 – 4.0.2, 4.0.3 – 4.0.4.
- Android Jelly Bean Jelly Bean 4.1 – 4.1.2, 4.2 – 4.2.2, 4.3 – 4.3.1.
- Android KitKat Key Lime Pie 4.4 – 4.4.4.
- Android Lollipop 5.0 – 5.0.2, 5.1 – 5.1.1.
- Android Marshmallow 6.0 – 6.0.1.
- Android Nougat 7.0, 7.1 – 7.1.2.
- Android Oreo 8.0, 8.1.
- Android Pie 9.
- Android 10 (internal-Quince Tart).
- Android 11 (internal-Red Velvet Cake).
- Android 12 (internal-Snow Cone).
- Android 12L (internal-Snow Cone v2).
- Android 13 (internal-Tiramisu).
- Android 14 (internal-Upside Down Cake).
Personally, the dessert names that bring back the most memories for this writer are Eclair, Froyo, and Gingerbread. Froyo and Gingerbread were the builds of Android powering many of the top Android phones of the time like the Motorola DROID, the Nexus One, the HTC Droid Incredible, the Motorola DROID X (which was the phone that yours truly was drooling over at the time), the LG Revolution, and the Samsung Nexus S.
Of course, all of these handsets pall compared to today’s smartphones, but at the time, they all seemed amazing.