{"id":571592,"date":"2010-05-20T09:52:58","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T13:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=15437"},"modified":"2010-05-20T09:52:58","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T13:52:58","slug":"froyo-today-gingerbread-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571592","title":{"rendered":"Froyo Today, Gingerbread This Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With all the rumors flying around, it’s practically a given that Froyo, the next version of Android, will be launched today at Google I\/O. We have a bit more indication that this is the case, as well as news that points to a launch of the next version after that, Gingerbread, later this year.<\/p>\n

Adding to the indications (e.g.\u00a0here<\/a><\/strong> and here<\/a><\/strong>) that we’ll hear a lot more about Froyo today is the fact that pieces of new code are being dropped into the Android Open Source Project<\/a>, a fact <\/span>noticed by Cyanogen<\/a> and <\/span>not-quite-confirmed by Google’s Dan Morrill<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As to the timing of Gingerbread’s release, <\/span>the folks at <\/span>EuroDroid<\/a><\/span> found a clue in the documentation of WebM, the open media format Google announced yesterday. The <\/span>WebM FAQ<\/a><\/span> notes that “WebM support in Android is expected in the Gingerbread release (currently planned for Q4, 2010).”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So we learn two things there: Gingerbread is planned for later this year, and it will include support for playing WebM media.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

As to version numbers, we’ve heard that Froyo will be 2.2, but it could well be 2.5, making Gingerbread anything from 2.3 to 3.0.<\/p>\n


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