This is why Google’s operating system is called Android

Android has been called Android since its debut in 2008. Something about the naming has changed, but that only has to do with the updates. At first they all had names of sweets, but now they just have numbers. A bit boring, but luckily Android is still called Android. But: why actually?

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Whoever watched Dragon Ball probably initially had a completely different idea of ​​what an android is (Android 17 and 18 for example). In any case, it is not an operating system. The term android existed long before Google decided to name its operating system after it. As early as the eighteenth century, androids were referred to as human-looking robots. The definition is that an android is a human-like entity, but artificially created. Hence the cute robot as the logo of the operating system.

However, there is more to the history of Google’s operating system and its naming. What many people don’t know is that Google isn’t the maker of Android at all. It originated in 2003, when the company Android Inc. from California and was started by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Chris White and Nick Sears. Men who could not have known it would take such a flight. Android Inc. was only intended to be an operating system for digital cameras.

Android Inc.

After some time developing, Android Inc. that there was more to it and that Android could better become a counterpart to Windows Mobile and Symbian, which were the major operating systems for mobile devices at the time. They sat down with HTC, even Samsung, but both were unsuccessful. Fortunately, Google was listening. It bought Android Inc. for $50 million and the founders moved with them to Google. Google immediately started promoting the operating system to telephone makers and providers, mainly stating that this operating system was open and flexible. Ultimately, in 2008, the T-Mobile G1 was the first phone with Android.

The history is already interesting, but so is the naming. It is not immediately the case that Android got its name from robots. That was because of Andy Rubin. He worked at Apple in the late 80s and early 90s, where he was nicknamed Android because he loved robots so much. Quite coincidentally, of course, that it eventually resulted in the operating system that is all about personalization. After all, androids are also very human and therefore more personal-looking robots.

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By the way, Rubin no longer works at Google, because in 2014 he had to leave the company. He was rumored to be paid $90 million for it, while he had to leave because he forced a Google colleague to have oral sex with him in a hotel room. He may be away from Google himself, but at least his nickname has made history in the company forever.