Android Donut

Android Donut
Version of the Android operating system
Android 1.6 running on an HTC Dream
DeveloperGoogle
General
availability
September 15, 2009 (2009-09-15)
Final release1.6_r2
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Preceded byAndroid Cupcake (1.5)
Succeeded byAndroid Eclair (2.0)
Official websitedeveloper.android.com/about/versions/android-1.6-highlights.html
Support status
  • Unsupported
  • Android Market / Google Play Services support dropped since June 30, 2017
  • Google Account support dropped on September 27, 2021

Android 1.6 Donut is the fourth version of the open source Android mobile operating system developed by Google.

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.