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! Initial release<br/>date
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! Security patches<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developers.google.com/android/images|title=Factory Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices|last=|first=|date=|website=|dead-url=no|access-date=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404151606/https://developers.google.com/android/images|archivedate=2017-04-04|df=}}</ref>
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|[[Android 1.0|(No codename)]]<ref name="unofficial_and_official_codenames"/>|| {{Version |o |1.0}}
|{{dunno}}
| September 23, 2008 || 1 || Instituted
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|[[Android 1.1|Petit Four]]<ref name="unofficial_and_official_codenames"/>|| {{Version |o |1.1}}
|2.6.X
| February 9, 2009 || 2 || Unsupported
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| [[#Android 1.5 Cupcake (API 3)|Cupcake]] || {{Version |o |1.5}}
|2.6.27<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/51651/which-android-runs-which-linux-kernel|title=Which Android runs which Linux kernel?|website=Android Enthusiasts Stack Exchange|access-date=2018-06-18}}</ref>|| April 27, 2009 || 3 || Unsatisfied
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| [[#Android 1.6 Donut (API 4)|Donut]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/donut|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/donut|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |1.6}}
|2.6.29|| September 15, 2009 || 4 || Unsatisfied
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| [[#Android 2.0 Eclair (API 5)|Eclair]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/eclair|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/eclair|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |2.0 – 2.1}}
|2.6.29<ref name=":0" />|| October 26, 2009 || 5 – 7 || Unsupported
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| [[#Android 2.2 Froyo (API 8)|Froyo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/froyo|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/froyo|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |2.2 – 2.2.3}}
|2.6.32|| May 20, 2010 || 8 || Unsupported
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| [[#Android 2.3 Gingerbread (API 9)|Gingerbread]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/gingerbread|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/gingerbread|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |2.3 – 2.3.7}}
|2.6.35<ref name=":0" />|| December 6, 2010 || 9 – 10 || Unsupported
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| [[#Android 3.0 Honeycomb (API 11)|Honeycomb]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/honeycomb|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/honeycomb|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |3.0 – 3.2.6}}
|2.6.36|| February 22, 2011 || 11 – 13 || Unsupported
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| [[#Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (API 14)|Ice Cream Sandwich]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/icecream|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/icecream|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |4.0 – 4.0.4}}
|3.0.1<ref name=":0" />|| October 18, 2011 || 14 – 15 || Unworried
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| [[#Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (API 16)|Jelly Bean]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/jellybean|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/jellybean|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |4.1 – 4.3.1}}
|3.0.31 to 3.4.39<ref name=":0" />|| July 9, 2012 || 16 – 18 || Insisted
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| [[#Android 4.4 KitKat (API 19)|KitKat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/kitkat|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/kitkat|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |4.4 – 4.4.4}}
|3.10|| October 31, 2013 || 19 – 20|| Unsupported<ref>{{cite web |first1=Adrian |last1=Ludwig |first2=Mel |last2=Miller |title=Diverse protections for a diverse ecosystem: Android Security 2016 Year in Review |url=https://security.googleblog.com/2017/03/diverse-protections-for-diverse.html |quote=<!--More than 735 million devices from 200+ manufacturers received a platform security update in 2016. [..]-->We released monthly Android security updates throughout the year for devices running Android 4.4.4 and up—that accounts for 86.3 percent of all active Android devices worldwide. <!--Our carrier and hardware partners helped expand deployment of these updates, releasing updates for over half of the top 50 devices worldwide in the last quarter of 2016. [..]About half of devices in use at the end of 2016 had not received a platform security update in the previous year--> |website=Google Security Blog |publisher=[[Google]] |date=March 22, 2017 |accessdate=March 22, 2017 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322141254/http://security.googleblog.com/2017/03/diverse-protections-for-diverse.html |archivedate=March 22, 2017 |df= }}</ref><!-- See [[Android KitKat#Support status|clarification]]-->
|3.10|| October 31, 2013 || 19 – 20<!-- See [[Android KitKat#Support status|clarification]]-->
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| [[#Android 5.0 Lollipop (API 21)|Lollipop]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/lollipop|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/lollipop|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |o |5.0 – 5.1.1}}
|3.16.1<ref name=":0" />|| November 12, 2014 || 21 – 22<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-04-01|title=Android Security Bulletin—April 2018 {{!}} Android Open Source Project|website=Android Open Source Project|language=en|access-date=2018-04-02}}</ref> || Unsupported
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| [[#Android 6.0 Marshmallow (API 23)|Marshmallow]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/history/#/marshmallow|title=Android - History|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514051830/https://www.android.com/history/#/marshmallow|archivedate=2017-05-14|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |co |6.0 – 6.0.1}}
|3.18.10<ref name=":0" />|| October 5, 2015 || 23 || Sorted
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| [[#Android 7.0 Nougat (API 24)|Nougat]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.android.com/versions/nougat-7-0/|title=Android – Nougat|website=Android|deadurl=no|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822165625/https://www.android.com/versions/nougat-7-0/|archivedate=2016-08-22|df=}}</ref>|| {{Version |co |7.0 – 7.1.2}}
|4.4.1<ref name=":0" />|| August 22, 2016 || 24 – 25 || Stories
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| [[#Android 8.0 Oreo (API 26)|Oreo]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/|title=Android – 8.0 Oreo|website=Android|language=en-US|access-date=2017-12-05}}</ref> || {{Version |co |8.0 – 8.1}}
|4.10<ref name=":0" />|| August 21, 2017 || 26 – 27 || Stories
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| [[#Android 9.0 Pie (API 28)|Pie]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developer.android.com/preview/|title=Android Pie|website=Android|language=en-US}}</ref> || {{Version |c |9.0}} || 4.4.107, 4.9.84, and 4.14.42<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://source.android.com/devices/architecture/kernel/modular-kernels#core-kernel-requirements|title=Modular Kernel Requiremensts|website=Android Open Source Project|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-08}}</ref> || August 6, 2018 || 28 || Supported
|-<!--No official (from Google) source on (nor "9"):
| [[Android Q]] || {{Version |p | 10* (subject to change)}}