It has been some time since the official arrival of Android 12, and according to the convention, after the Google I/O Conference in May 2022, Android 13 will enter the beta stage, when in addition to the "pro-son" Pixel, other OEM models will also be allowed to upgrade. Although many people are not yet using Android 13, Android 14 has been exposed.
Recently, some of the first commit code related to Android 14 has appeared on Android Gerrit, and the relevant developers quickly dug into the internal development code name of Android 14, which is "flipped cake" for Upside Down Cake, a cake baked upside down in a pan, where the ingredients (usually slices of fruit) are placed at the bottom of the pan, and then the batter is poured on top and baked in the oven.
Google is known to often name Android versions with dessert names, and this tradition has been maintained for a decade, with each version increasing as the alphabet increases, and these code names also appear as the official names and applications of each Android version. For example, Android Oreo and Android Pie.
However, when Android 10 was launched, Google decided to abandon that tradition and named the Android version only numbers. However, these dessert codes are still used internally, such as Snow Cone for Android 12, Tiramisu for Android 13, and Android 14 just happened to be the letter U, so Upside Down Cake, if unsurprisingly, should be the internal code name of that version.
Of course, the focus of this news is not only on the product code, but the code name is confirmed, which indicates that the development of Android 14 is obviously underway. With the advancement of the development process, there should be more upgrade details in the future, from the current information that has been revealed, Android 14 will continue to improve the support for multitasking, eSIM technology, etc., the system will be more smooth, stable, and the direction and Android 13 seem to be consistent.
Although Android 14 is still far away, but the release time of Android 13 is getting closer and closer to us, it is reported that Android 13 may provide a QR scanner option for the lock screen, after opening this option, users can directly and conveniently scan the QR code on the lock screen.
Android 13 will also replace the original volume slider with a wider design, and the new slider will also include the device name and remove the original circular device icon.
Although Google has been constantly streamlining and optimizing Android, for domestic users, because each operating system has made deep customization of Android, the perception of system upgrades is not obvious, and the fluency of mobile phones still depends on the efforts of various manufacturers and the constraints and streamlining of mobile phone APP.