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! style="background:#cc7b38; text-align:center;" colspan="4"| {{TOC tab|Android 3.2–3.2.6 Honeycomb (API level 13)|depth=2}}
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal !important;" colspan=4|Most first- and second-generation [[Google TV]]-enabled devices utilize Honeycomb 3.2.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gigaom.com/2012/02/02/google-tv-honeycomb-32/|title=Google TV goes Android 3.2, next up Ice Cream Sandwich|publisher=GigaOM|date=February 2, 2012|accessdate=February 6, 2013}}</ref>
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! style="background:#11ef9a; text-align:center;" colspan="4"| {{TOC tab|[[Android Jelly Bean|Android 4.1–4.1.2 Jelly Bean]] (API level 16)}}
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal !important;" colspan=4|Google announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) at the [[Google I/O]] conference on June 27, 2012. Based on Linux kernel 3.0.31, Jelly Bean was an incremental update with the primary aim of improving the functionality and performance of the user interface. The performance improvement involved "Project Butter", which uses touch anticipation, [[Multiple buffering|triple buffering]], extended [[vsync]] timing and a fixed frame rate of 60 [[frames per second|fps]] to create a fluid and "buttery-smooth" UI.<ref name="Android-4.1-devs" /> Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was released to the [[AOSP#Android Open Source Project|Android Open Source Project]] on July 9, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|last=Queru|first=Jean-Baptiste|title=Android 4.1 in AOSP|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/android-building/XBYeD-bhk1o|accessdate=July 12, 2012}}</ref> and the [[Nexus 7 (2012 version)|Nexus 7]] tablet, the first device to run Jelly Bean, was released on July 13, 2012.
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! style="background:#0dc57f; text-align:center;" colspan="4"| {{TOC tab|[[Android Jelly Bean|Android 4.2–4.2.2 Jelly Bean]] (API level 17)|depth=2}}{{anchor|Jelly-Bean-42}}
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal !important;" colspan=4|Google was expected to announce Jelly Bean 4.2 at an event in [[New York City]] on October 29, 2012, but the event was cancelled due to [[Hurricane Sandy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.androidcentral.com/monday-s-google-event-nyc-cancelled-due-hurricane-sandy |title=Monday's Google event in NYC canceled due to Hurricane Sandy|publisher=Android Central |date=October 27, 2012|accessdate=February 19, 2014}}</ref> Instead of rescheduling the live event, Google announced the new version with a press release, under the slogan "A new flavor of Jelly Bean". Jelly Bean 4.2 was based on Linux kernel 3.4.0, and debuted on Google's [[Nexus 4]] and [[Nexus 10]], which were released on November 13, 2012.<ref name=New4.2And>{{cite web |url=http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1678521/android_42_jelly_bean_lands_on_nexus_7.html |title=Android 4.2 Jelly Bean lands on Nexus 7 |publisher=Know Your Mobile |date=November 14, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/11/14/google-releases-nexus-4-nexus-10-and-android-42 |title=Google Releases Nexus 4, Nexus 10 and Android 4.2 |publisher=IGN |date=November 13, 2012 |accessdate=November 16, 2012}}</ref>
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! style="background:#0A8F5C; text-align:center;" colspan="4"| {{TOC tab|[[Android Jelly Bean|Android 4.3–4.3.1 Jelly Bean]] (API level 18)|depth=2}}{{anchor|Jelly-Bean-43}}
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal !important;" colspan="4" |Google released Jelly Bean 4.3 under the slogan "An even sweeter Jelly Bean" on July 24, 2013, during an event in [[San Francisco]] called "Breakfast with [[Sundar Pichai]]". Most Nexus devices received the update within a week, although the [[Nexus 7 (2nd generation)|second-generation Nexus 7]] tablet was the first device to officially ship with it.<ref name=TomsJuly2013>{{cite web |url=http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Android-4.3-Update-Roll-out-Release-Nexus,23671.html |title=Google Announces Android 4.3, Update Rolling Out Today |publisher=Tom's Hardware |date=July 24, 2013 |accessdate=July 25, 2013}}</ref> A minor bugfix update was released on August 22, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/22/aosp-latest-4-3-fixes/ |title=Android Open Source Project now has latest 4.3 fixes for most Nexus hardware |publisher=[[Engadget]] |date=August 22, 2013 |accessdate=August 22, 2013}}</ref>
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! style="background:#ED5050; text-align:center;" colspan="4"| {{TOC tab|Android 4.4–4.4.4 KitKat (API level 19)}}
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! style="text-align: left; font-weight: normal !important;" colspan="4" |Google announced Android 4.4 [[Kit Kat|KitKat]] on September 3, 2013. Although initially under the "Key Lime Pie" ("KLP") codename, the name was changed because "very few people actually know the taste of a [[key lime pie]]."<ref name=KitkatBBC>{{cite news |last=Kelion |first=Leo |title=Android KitKat announced |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23926938 |accessdate=September 3, 2013 |publisher=BBC News |date=September 3, 2013}}</ref> Some technology bloggers also expected the "Key Lime Pie" release to be Android 5.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=TechRadar |url= http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/android-5-0-key-lime-pie-release-date-news-and-rumours-1091500 |title=Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie release date, news and rumors |date=July 2, 2013 |accessdate=July 22, 2013}}</ref> KitKat debuted on Google's [[Nexus 5]] on October 31, 2013, and was optimised to run on a greater range of devices than earlier Android versions, having 512 MB of RAM as a recommended minimum; those improvements were known as "Project Svelte" internally at Google.<ref name="Nexus 5 review">{{cite news |last=Molen |first=Brad |title=Engadget review the Nexus 5 |url=http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/05/nexus-5-review/ |publisher=Engadget |date=November 5, 2013|accessdate=November 11, 2013}}</ref> The required minimum amount of RAM available to Android is 340 MB, and all devices with less than 512 MB of RAM must report themselves as "low RAM" devices.<ref name="cdd-4.4">{{cite book |title=Android Compatibility Definition Document |publisher=Google |publication-date=November 27, 2013 |edition=4.4 |format=PDF |page=33 |section=7.6.1 |url=http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/source.android.com/en/us/compatibility/android-cdd.pdf }}</ref>
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