Android Donut

Android Donut
Version of the Android operating system
	Screenshot Android 1.6 running on a handset emulator
Developer	Google
General; availability	September 15, 2009; 14 years ago
Final release	1.6_r2
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Preceded by	Android 1.5 "Cupcake"
Succeeded by	Android 2.0 "Eclair"
Official website	developer.android.com/about/versions/android-1.6-highlights.html
Support status
	Unsupported

Android 1.6 Donut is the fourth version of the open source Android mobile operating system developed by Google. Among the more prominent features introduced with this update were added support for CDMA smartphones, additional screen sizes, a battery usage indicator, and a text-to-speech engine.^[3]

History

After the public release of

over-the-air

(OTA) update for compatible smartphones.

On September 27, 2021, Google announced it would no longer allow signing in on Android devices that run Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread or older, requiring Android 3.0 (on tablets) or 4.0 (phone and tablets) or higher to log in.^[4]

Features

New features introduced by Donut include the following:

Voice and text entry search enhanced to include bookmark history, contacts, and the web.
The ability for developers to include their content in search results.
Multi-lingual speech synthesis engine to allow any Android application to "speak" a string of text.
Easier searching and the ability to view app screenshots in
Android Market
.
Gallery, Camera and camcorder more fully integrated, with faster camera access.
The ability for users to select multiple photos for deletion.
Updated technology support for
CDMA/EVDO, 802.1x, VPNs
, and a text-to-speech engine.