This is Android 16's codename — and it's not what you're expecting
www.androidauthority.com
The Android 16 codename has been revealed, and it isn't at all what you're expecting. In fact, it doesn't start with the letter "W" at all!

The new dessert codename reflects the change in Android’s build process that made Google start the lettering over again.

  • MaggiWuerze@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    1 month ago

    Yeah, at least W should have been easy enough. I can understand dodging X, Y and Z. But then why start at B?

    • tb_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      30 days ago

      There’s an article linked, perhaps it might give some insight.

      If you’re wondering why Android 15’s codename is Vanilla Ice Cream and not something that starts with the letter “A,” I can’t say for sure. It’s likely because Google had already chosen Vanilla Ice Cream as the internal codename for Android 15 before the first trunk stable release, so it didn’t want to go back and change every mention of the codename, especially since that could break some build flows.

      So this build change actually originated in the upcoming Android 15, but since that codename had already been chosen they didn’t rename it to A.