Will Android 8 be named Oreo?

[Maestro]

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All you need to know about Android O

Earlier this week, Google unveiled the next version of its mobile operating system, dubbed Android O.

Read more: http://tech.thaivisa.com/all-you-need-to-know-about-android-o/21807/

 

 

Oreo as the name for the next version of Android, as speculated in the above news report? They've got to be kidding, seeing this dictionary definition of Oreo:
 

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Definition of Oreo
usually disparaging
:  a black person who adopts the characteristic mentality and behavior of white middle-class society

Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Oreo

 

Who knows, perhaps the Oreo trademark owner made Google an offer they could not refuse.

 

Are there other well-known sweets that have a name, but not trademark, starting with the letter P?

 

[mtls2005]

They used Kit Kat for "K" in a licensing deal with Nestle. It can be risky for the brand holder though if something goes horribly bad. Maybe Mondelez (delicious world?) wants to avoid that potential sort of association?

 

I can see a swerve off of sweets, as this is version 8, maybe "Octo".

 

These started off as internal code names which maybe had more cachet early on; not sure if this is as important these days?

 

 

[Gary A]

What's wrong with simply calling it Android 8 rather than some silly name?

[JaseTheBass]

Yes, it's Oreo.

A terribly sweet cookie for people with no taste buds.

Sent from my Cray II supercomputer

[JHolmesJr]

Current version is nougat

 

so maybe ganache. 

[mtls2005]

It's Oreo.

 

Short, and sweet.

 

https://www.android.com/versions/oreo-8-0/

 

 

[Ace of Pop]

What's wrong with simply calling it Android 8 rather than some silly name?

Android sounds like a Si Fi creature that eats human corpses..?


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