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==Honeycomb 3.x==

<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:MotorolaXoom xoomMotorola.jpg|200px300px|thumb|right|The [[Motorola Xoom]] tablet introduced Android 3.0.1 Honeycomb.]] -->

On February 22, 2011, the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) SDK &ndash; the first [[tablet computer|tablet]]-only Android update &ndash; was released, based on Linux kernel 2.6.36.<ref name="honeycomb-highlights"/><ref name="honeycomb-sneak-peek">{{cite web |url=http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/01/sneak-peak-of-android-30-honeycomb.html |title=A Sneak Peek of Android 3.0, Honeycomb |first=Andy |last=Rubin |work=Google Mobile Blog |date=January 5, 2011 |publisher = Google |accessdate=January 5, 2011 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110108061358/http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/01/sneak-peak-of-android-30-honeycomb.html| archivedate= January 08 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/final-android-30-platform-and-updated.html |title=Final Android 3.0 Platform and Updated SDK Tools |author=Xavier Ducrohet |work=Android Developers blog |date=February 22, 2011 |accessdate=February 23, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110305143408/http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/02/final-android-30-platform-and-updated.html| archivedate= March 05 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.anandtech.com/show/4150/googles-android-event-analysis/2 |title=Google's Android Event Analysis |author=Mithun Chandrasekhar |work=AnandTech |date=February 2, 2011 |accessdate=February 5, 2011 |quote=I confirmed this with Google; Honeycomb, at least in the current form, will not be coming to non-tablet devices.}}</ref> The first device featuring this version, the [[Motorola Xoom]] tablet, was released on February 24, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/26/motorola-atrix-4g-and-xoom-tablet-launching-at-the-end-of-februa/ |title=Motorola Atrix 4G and Xoom tablet launching at the end of February, Droid Bionic and LTE Xoom in Q2 |author=Nilay Patel |work=Engadget |date=January 26, 2011 |accessdate=February 5, 2011}}</ref></small> Changes included:<ref name="honeycomb-highlights">{{cite web |url=http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.0-highlights.html |title=Android 3.0 Platform Highlights |work=Android Developers |accessdate=Feb 23, 2011| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20110216200154/http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-3.0-highlights.html| archivedate= February 16 2011 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>

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==Unreleased updates==

===Jelly Bean 4.1===

At the [[Mobile World Congress]] (MWC) in February 2012, [[Asus]] corporate Vice President Benson Lin revealed the name of the next Android version as Jelly Bean.<ref name=jellybean2012>{{cite web |url=http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/android-jelly-bean-could-come-first-from-asus-1068276 |title=Android Jelly Bean could come first from Asus |accessdate=March 2, 2012}}</ref>

The next iteration of Android, version 4.1 codenamed Jelly Bean<ref>{{cite web|title=Android 4.1 is Jelly Bean and coming soon, Play Store confirms |url=http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/21/3108520/android-4-1-jellybean-confirmed |publisher=The Verge|accessdate=June 23, 2012}}</ref>, is rumored to be announced at the 2012 [[Google I/O]].

==See also==