{"id":317285,"date":"2019-08-23T07:47:34","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T05:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=317285"},"modified":"2019-08-23T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T05:49:00","slug":"google-stops-naming-android-after-desserts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/317285-google-stops-naming-android-after-desserts.html","title":{"rendered":"Google stops naming Android after desserts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced that the upcoming version of its mobile operating system will officially be named Android 10.<\/p>\n<p>The company said it has stopped the tradition of naming Android operating systems after desserts in an effort to simplify its branding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This naming tradition has become a fun part of the release each year externally,&#8221; Google said. &#8220;But we\u2019ve heard feedback over the years that the names weren\u2019t always understood by everyone in the global community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We also know that pies are not a dessert in some places, and that marshmallows, while delicious, are not a popular treat in many parts of the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The company also revealed a new logo which it said is more modern and accessible, changing the text from green to black and making the robot image a key component of the brand.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l2UDgpLz20M\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/317073-google-play-store-gets-major-overhaul.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Google Play Store gets major overhaul<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has announced that the upcoming version of its mobile operating system will officially be named Android 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":317287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[397,60629,14053],"class_list":["post-317285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-android","tag-desserts","tag-operating-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}