Android Donut
| Android Donut | |
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| Version of the Android operating system | |
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 Android 1.6 running on an HTC Dream | |
| Developer | |
| General availability | September 15, 2009 |
| Final release | 1.6_r1.5 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Preceded by | Android Cupcake (1.5) |
| Succeeded by | Android Eclair (2.0) |
| Official website | developer |
| Support status | |
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Android Donut is version 1.6 and the fourth major version of the Android mobile operating system. It was first previewed on May 27, 2009. On September 15, 2009, on the convention hosted by Google to designate major Android versions, carriers rolled it out with an update to compatible smartphones. The first phone to use Android 1.6 was the T-Mobile G1, and the first phone to have launched with Android 1.6 was the HTC Magic smartphone. Updates for Android Market stopped in 2014, but was completely shut down on June 30, 2017. On September 27, 2021, it was no longer possible to sign-in on Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) or earlier without Google Account Manager.
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.