Android Gingerbread

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Android Gingerbread
Version of the Android operating system
File:Android Gingerbread Logo.png
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Android 2.3.7 on an Android SDK emulator
DeveloperGoogle
Initial releaseDecember 6, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-12-06)[1]
Final release2.3.7_r1 (GWK74)[2] / September 21, 2011; 14 years ago (2011-09-21)
Repository
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Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Preceded byAndroid Froyo (2.2)
Succeeded byAndroid Honeycomb (3.0) (tablets and Nexus One)
Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) (smartphones)
Official website{{#property:P856}}
Support status
  • Unsupported since November 14, 2016
  • Google Play Services support dropped since January 2017[3]
  • Google Account support dropped on September 27, 2021

Android 2.3 Gingerbread is the seventh version of Android, a version of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google and released in December 2010.

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The Android Gingerbread release introduced support for near field communication (NFC)—used in mobile payment solutions—and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)—used in VoIP internet telephones.[4] The first phone with Android Gingerbread was the Nexus S.

Android Gingerbread's user interface was refined, making it easier to master, faster to use, and more power-efficient. A simplified color scheme with a black background gave vividness and contrast to the notification bar, menus, and other user interface components. Improvements in menus and settings resulted in easier navigation and system control.

The Nexus S smartphone, released in December 2010, was the first phone from the Google Nexus line that ran Gingerbread, and also the first one from the line with built-in NFC functionality.[5]

As of October 2022, statistics issued by Google indicate that 0.11% of all Android devices accessing Google Play were running on Gingerbread.[6] Google ceased sign-in support for Android 2.3.7 and older on September 27, 2021, requiring to upgrade the Google Account Manager version to at least version 4.1.2.[7]

Features

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See also: Android version history § Android 2.3 Gingerbread

New features introduced by Gingerbread include the following:

  • Updated user interface design, providing increased ease of use and efficiency.
  • Support for extra-large screen sizes and resolutions (WXGA and higher).
  • Native support for SIP VoIP internet telephones.
  • Improved text input using the virtual keyboard, with improved accuracy, better text suggestions, and voice input capability.
  • Enhanced copy/paste functionality, allowing users to select a word by pressing and holding, copying, and pasting.
  • Support for Near Field Communication (NFC), allowing the user to read NFC tags embedded in posters, stickers, or advertisements.
  • New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost.
  • New Download Manager, giving users easy access to any file downloaded from the browser, email, or another application.
  • Support for multiple cameras on the device, including a front-facing camera, if available.
  • Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding.
  • Improved power management, including more active management of power-consuming applications.
  • Enhanced support for native code development.
  • A switch from YAFFS to ext4 file system on newer devices.
  • Audio, graphical, and input enhancements for game developers.
  • Concurrent garbage collection for increased performance.
  • Native support for more sensors (such as gyroscopes and barometers).
  • The first Android easter egg, which depicts the Android mascot standing beside a zombified gingerbread man in a field of other zombies talking on cell phones, presumably Android smartphones.
  • Improved speed over Froyo due to system updates.
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Three modern phones showing Android Gingerbread's Easter Egg image

See also

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References

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