Oluwapresley:
KitKat is chocolate or punna.. lollipop is sweet or pen!s.. that's y KitKat and lollipop devices work hand in hand.. jellybean is erm.. beans and jelly.. jelly and beans.. ah dunno.. then marshmallow is ... okay, I'm done!

kenton:
Jellybean - Android 4.3
Kitkat - Android 4.4
Lollipop - Android 5.0
Marshmallow - Android 6.0

They are basically different versions of the android operating system [b]with Jellybean being the oldest [/b]and Marshmallow being the most recent.
From Jellybean to Marshmallow you will observe a drastic improvement in speed, GUI aesthetics, better colour and picture output and complexity. Someone that is used to Jellybean will find marshmallow difficult to interact with but will be able to interact with Kitkat relatively well. Conversely, someone that is familiar with Lollipop will find interacting with Marshmallow a walkover and consider both 4.3 & 4.4 (Jellybean & lollipop) archaic.

kenton:
Jellybean - Android 4.3
Kitkat - Android 4.4
Lollipop - Android 5.0
Marshmallow - Android 6.0

They are basically different versions of the android operating system with Jellybean being the oldest and Marshmallow being the most recent.
From Jellybean to Marshmallow you will observe a drastic improvement in speed, GUI aesthetics, better colour and picture output and complexity. Someone that is used to Jellybean will find marshmallow difficult to interact with but will be able to interact with Kitkat relatively well. Conversely, someone that is familiar with Lollipop will find interacting with Marshmallow a walkover and consider both 4.3 & 4.4 (Jellybean & lollipop) archaic.

jimohibrahim:
different user interface
more developer options
operating system
different default layout
and so on....

kolexepana:
So which is the best?

nonstan:
New os fixes bugs in old ones...tecno c8 as case study comes wt lollipop... It hangs a lot because of the 1gb ram especially when multitasking..but when I upgraded it to the marshmallow..it is now perfect..I can run 20apps underground wtout stress and it has other improvement in security and others..it generally improved d outlook and design and also speed with other exciting features..thank you...

alizma:
please can someone enlighten me on this?

remele2:


After the upgrade, have you checked if you can still edit your Imei... Just try it and let's know......

Because I know once u format your phone after the update, and u try to change the imei.... It will. Certainly be a problem.

nonstan:

Changing imei doesn't need rooting..am only certain u can't root d phone unless flashing it wh spflashtool which I won't advice...am currently typing with a changed bb10 imei...used for my airtel 1k 4gb..thank you

alizma:
Version name, Key user features added, Key developer features added, Release
date,
Android market
share and
API Level
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow New emojis 2015 Dec 7 1.2 % (6 -
6.0.1)
23
Android 6 Marshmallow USB Type-C support
Fingerprint Authentication support
Better battery life with "deep sleep"
Permissions dashboard
Android Pay
MIDI support
Google Now improvements
Custom Chrome Tabs for better in
app browser support
App Permissions management
update
2015 Oct 5 1.2 % (6 -
6.0.1)
23
Android 5.1.1 Lollipop Speed improvement
Bug fixes
2015 Apr
21
17.1 % (5.1 -
5.1.1)
22
Android 5.1 Lollipop Multiple SIM cards support
Quick settings shortcuts to join Wi-
Fi networks or control Bluetooth
devices
Lock protection if lost or stolen
High Definition voice call
Stability and performance
enhancements
2015 Mar 9 17.1 % (5.1 -
5.1.1)
22
Android 5.0.2 Lollipop Performance improvements and bug
fixes
2014 Dec
19
17 % (5.0 -
5.0.2)
21
Android 5.0.1 Lollipop bug fixes, fix issues with video
playback and password failures
2014 Dec 2 17 % (5.0 -
5.0.2)
21
Android 5.0 Lollipop New design (Material design)
Speed improvement
Battery consumption improvement
Several new API
Tracking battery consumption app
2014 Oct
17
17 % (5.0 -
5.0.2)
21
Android 4.4.4 KitKat Fix Heartbleed / OpenSSL
vulnerability
2014 Jun
23
35.5 % (4.4 -
4.4.4)
19
Android 4.4.3 KitKat Bug fixes
Enable Sprint Spark band 26 and
band 41
2014 Apr
14
35.5 % (4.4 -
4.4.4)
19
Android 4.4.2 KitKat Bug fixes
Security enhancements
2013 Dec 9 35.5 % (4.4 -
4.4.4)
19
Android 4.4.1 KitKat Bug fixes
Enhance the camera on the Nexus 5
2013 Dec 5 35.5 % (4.4 -
4.4.4)
19
Android 4.4 KitKat Screen recording
New Translucent system UI
Enhanced notification access
System-wide settings for closed
captioning
Performance improvements
Public API for SMS management.
Improved memory usage
Security enhancements (SELinux
enforcing mode, new cryptographic
algorithms, VPN per user...)
NFC Host Card Emulation (for
wireless payment, loyalty
programs...)
Printing Framework
Storage Access Framework
Hardware Sensor Batching
Full-screen immersive mode
GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger
Chromium WebView
Audio tunneling to DSP
Audio monitoring
Wi-Fi certified Miracast
New Bluetooth profile
IR Blasters API
Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup
(TDLS) support
Tools for analyzing memory use
(procstats, on-device memory status
and profiling)
2013 Oct
31
35.5 % (4.4 -
4.4.4)
19
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean Dial pad auto-complete
Photo Sphere enhancements
Camera app UI updated
4K resolution support
Ability to create restricted profiles
for tablets
Hebrew and Arabic right-to-left
(RTL) support
Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
support
Bluetooth Audio/Video Remote
Control Profile (AVRCP) 1.3 support
Security and performance
enhancements
OpenGL for Embedded Systems 3.0
graphics support
Logging and analyzing
enhancements
Wi-Fi scanning API
Improved DRM (digital rights
management) API
VP8 encoding
2013 Jul 24 3.4 % (4.3) 18
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Allow toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
state in Quick Settings using long-
press
Shows the percentage and
estimated time remaining in the
active download notifications
Wireless charging and low battery
sounds changed
Gallery app updated for faster
loading with new image transition
Performance enhancements and
bug fixes (Bluetooth A2DP audio
streaming fix...)
Secure USB debugging (allow
debugging to authenticated
computers only)
2013 Feb
11
11.7 % (4.2 -
4.2.2)
17
Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean Fix missing december bug in the
People app
Add support for Bluetooth
gamepads and joysticks HID
devices
2012 Nov
27
11.7 % (4.2 -
4.2.2)
17
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Lockscreen widgets
360 degree images with Photo
Sphere
Gesture Typing, for faster typing
Wireless display with Miracast
Daydream to display information
when idle or docked
Multi-user for tablets
vsync timing
Triple buffering
reduced touch latency
CPU input boost
Native RTL support - mirrors the
display from manifest prop
External display support - Display
Manager
Nested fragments
Renderscript Compute - run tasks on
the GPU (supported devices)
Renderscript ScriptGroups, built-in
intrinsics like blur,
FilterScript is a subset of
Renderscript made for high
performance image processing
2012 Nov
13
11.7 % (4.2 -
4.2.2)
17
Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Enable Home screen rotation
Fix bugs and enhance performances
2012 Oct 9 8.8 % (4.1 -
4.1.2)
16
Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Fix a bug on screen orientation 2012 Jul 23 8.8 % (4.1 -
4.1.2)
16
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Google Now ( http://youtu.be/
pPqliPzHYyc )
Voice Search
Speed enhancements
Camera app improvements
Accessibility: gesture mode, enable
braille external keyboards...
app stack navigation to define a
parent activity in manifest for deep
navigation
MediaActionSound class to make
sounds like when a camera takes a
photo
NFC supports large payloads over
bluetooth
WIFI/WIFI-Direct service discovery
Large, detailed, multi-action
notifications
Input manager allows you to query
input devices
2012 Jul 9 8.8 % (4.1 -
4.1.2)
16
Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream
Sandwich
stability improvements
better camera performance
smoother screen rotation
2012 Mar
28
2.5 % (4.0.3 -
4.0.4)
15
Android 3.2.6 Honeycomb Minor fixes 2012 Feb
15
0 % 13
Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream
Sandwich
Social stream API in Contacts
provider to show updates
associated to your contacts
Video stabilization and QVGA video
resolution API access
Accessibility API refinements for
screen readers
Calendar provider updates
2011 Dec
16
2.5 % (4.0.3 -
4.0.4)
15
Android 3.2.4 Honeycomb Added "Pay as you go" for tablets 2011 Dec
15
0 % 13
Android 4.0.2 Ice Cream
Sandwich
Minor fixes 2011 Nov
28
0 % 14
Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream
Sandwich
Facial recognition (Face Unlock)
UI use Hardware acceleration
Better voice recognition (dictating/
Voice typing)
Web browser, allows up to 16 tabs
Updated launcher (customizable)
Android Beam app to exchange
data through NFC
2011 Oct
19
0 % 14
Android 4.0 Ice Cream
Sandwich
New lock screen actions
Improved text input and spell-
checking
Control over network data
Email app supports EAS v14
WI-FI direct
BlueTooth Health Device Profile
Low-level streaming multimedia
(Khronos OpenMAX AL
Grid Layout
Spell checking service
Address Space Layout
Randomization
VPN client API
Remote Device camera enable/
disable
ZSL exposure, continuous focus, and
image zoom
Flags to help control system ui
elements like system bar from apps
2011 Oct
18
0 % 14
Android 3.2.2 Honeycomb Minor fixes 2011 Sep
30
0 % 13
Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread Google Wallet support for the
Nexus S 4G
2011 Sep
21
2.7 % (2.3.3 -
2.3.7)
10
Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb Android Market updates including
easier automatic updates
Google Books updates
Wi-Fi improvements
Chinese handwriting prediction
improved
2011 Sep
20
0 % 13
Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread Voice search issue fixed 2011 Sep 2 2.7 % (2.3.3 -
2.3.7)
10
Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread Improved network performance for
the Nexus S 4G
Fixed Bluetooth issues on the
Samsung Galaxy S
Gmail app. improvements
2011 Jul 25 2.7 % (2.3.3 -
2.3.7)
10
Android 3.2 Honeycomb Optimizations for a wider range of
tablets
Compatibility display mode (zoom
for fixed-sized apps)
Media sync from SD card
Extended API for managing screens
support
New resource qualifiers for
screens support
New manifest attributes for
screen-size compatibility
Screen compatibility mode which
allows for phone apps to appear
as if they were still on a phone
2011 Jul 15 0 % 13
Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread Voice or video chat using Google
Talk
Open Accessory API 2011 May
10
2.7 % (2.3.3 -
2.3.7)
10
Android 3.1 Honeycomb UI improvements
Open Accessory API
USB host API
Mice, joysticks, gamepads...
support
Resizable Home screen widgets
MTP notifications
RTP API for audio
2011 May
10
0 % 12
Android 3.0 Honeycomb Multi core support
Better tablet support
Updated 3D UI
customizable homescreens
recent applications viewing
redone keyboard layout
Media/Picture transport protocol
Google Talk video chat
Google eBooks
"Private browsing"
System-wide Clipboard
HTTP Live streaming
contextual action bar
Fragments first introduced(support
library now supports it as well)
Hardware-accelerated 2D graphics
Renderscript 3D graphics engine
Pluggable DRM framework
device administration
High performance Animation
Framework
RTP streaming API
Forced rendering of layers
High performance WIFI lock
Vew network traffic stats
ADTS AAC and FLAC audio
LRU cache
2011 Feb
22
0 % 11
Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread NFC API improvements (peer to peer
communication...)
added unsecure bluetooth sockets
2011 Feb 9 2.7 % (2.3.3 -
2.3.7)
10
Android 2.3 Gingerbread Updated UI
Improved keyboard ease of use
Improved copy/paste
Improved power management
Social networking features
Near Field Communication support
Native VoIP/SIP support
Video call support
performance - concurrent garbage
collection, faster event distribution,
updated video drivers
NDK - Native Asset Manager, Native
Activities + event handling, khronos
api
audio effects api
VP8, WebM, AAC, AMR wideband
Multiple camera sensor support
strictmode debugging
media framework replaces OpenCore
2010 Dec 6 0 % (2.3 -
2.3.2)
9
Android 2.2 Froyo Speed improvements
JIT implementation
USB Tethering
Applications installation to the
expandable memory
Upload file support in the browser
Animated GIFs
2010 May
20
0.1 % (2.2) 8
Android 2.1 Eclair Updated UI 2010 Jan
12
0 % 7
Android 2.0.1 Eclair 2009 Dec 3 0 % 6
Android 2.0 Eclair HTML
Digital zoom
Microsoft Exchange support
Bluetooth 2.1
Live Wallpapers
Updated UI
2009 Oct
26
0 % 5
Android 1.6 Donut Gesture framework
Turn-by-turn navigation
2009 Sep
15
0 % 4
Android 1.5 Cupcake Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP support
Soft-keyboard with text-prediction
Record/watch videos
2009 Apr
30
0 % 3
Android 1.1 Banana bread "Show" & "Hide" numeric keyboard,
in caller application
Ability to save MMS attachments
2009 Feb 9 0 % 2
Android 1.0 Apple pie Download and updates via Android
Market
Web Browser
Camera support
Gmail, Contacts and Google Agenda
synchronization
Google Maps
YouTube application

nonstan:
Mk sure this is wat is on ur build number

jaytime:

Brother, there is no version of Android as 4.3. Jellybean is Android 4.1. What you might have as a sub-version could be Android 4.1.3 (still a Jellybean). After Jellybean, you have Kitkat which is Android 4.4, then Lollipop 5.0, and currently Marshmallow-6.0.
Besides, the part you said Jellybean is the oldest version; I would like you to clarify that because before Jellybean there were older versions of android like Donut 1.6, Eclair 2.1, Froyo 2.2. Gingerbread 2.3, Honeycomb 3.0, Ice cream sandwich 4.0, .... Note the initials D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M.
I can bet, the next version of Android will start with an 'N' and it will be a sweet edible item.

kawkab:


Kindly note the bolded as it is not true. Before JellyBean the following versions existed;

Cupcake.
Donut
Éclairs
Froyo (Frozen Yoghurt's)
Gingerbread
Honeycomb
Ice cream Sandwich

Yeah man was referring to it (jellybean) as the oldest in the range d poster specified.

kenton:


Yeah bro. What I meant was that jeally bean was the oldest in the range he specified. Thanks man.

jimohibrahim:

the latest operating system of course

kolexepana:

Most tecno phones has that yet people still criticize them

nonstan:
New os fixes bugs in old ones...tecno c8 as case study comes wt lollipop... It hangs a lot because of the 1gb ram especially when multitasking..but when I upgraded it to the marshmallow..it is now perfect..I can run 20apps underground wtout stress and it has other improvement in security and others..it generally improved d outlook and design and also speed with other exciting features..thank you...

jimohibrahim:


All tecno phones are stuck on the Android version that came with it... nobody wants that
everyone wants to move along with technology and OTA upgrades to a better revolution

nonstan:
New os fixes bugs in old ones...tecno c8 as case study comes wt lollipop... It hangs a lot because of the 1gb ram especially when multitasking..but when I upgraded it to the marshmallow..it is now perfect..I can run 20apps underground wtout stress and it has other improvement in security and others..it generally improved d outlook and design and also speed with other exciting features..thank you...

joey150:
why no go online and google this thing na..

you have a smartphone,you can browse. go and get detailed explanation and if possible come back open a thread and enlighten others..
that's how the world should work. but laziness everywhere mehn. you cant be bothered to seek answers.

the mods that push this to frontpage are only encouraging ignorance among Nigerians. threads on front page should educate us more times than ask questions.
but now its vice versa.

kenton:
Jellybean - Android 4.3
Kitkat - Android 4.4
Lollipop - Android 5.0
Marshmallow - Android 6.0

They are basically different versions of the android operating system with Jellybean being the oldest and Marshmallow being the most recent.
From Jellybean to Marshmallow you will observe a drastic improvement in speed, GUI aesthetics, better colour and picture output and complexity. Someone that is used to Jellybean will find marshmallow difficult to interact with but will be able to interact with Kitkat relatively well. Conversely, someone that is familiar with Lollipop will find interacting with Marshmallow a walkover and consider both 4.3 & 4.4 (Jellybean & lollipop) archaic.

Oluwapresley:
KitKat is chocolate or punna.. lollipop is sweet or pen!s.. that's y KitKat and lollipop devices work hand in hand.. jellybean is erm.. beans and jelly.. jelly and beans.. ah dunno.. then marshmallow is ... okay, I'm done!