The Android operating system was commercialized for the first time on September 23, 2008. Phones that adopt it may vary from year to year. Even so, the operating system made by Andy Rubin, Mich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White apparently still retains at least five features. Anything?
1. Android Market or Google Play Store
What happens if the Android device is not equipped with an app store. That's why the Android Market was presented on the HTC Dream, or T-Mobile G1, the first phone to adopt the OS.
In the past, at the beginning of its appearance, the Android Market only had 13 applications. Until the end of 2008, the number was still around 200 applications.
Then, in 2012, Google merged the Android Market with Google Music and the Google eBookstore. The merger also changed the name of the application store to Google Play Store, as we quoted from the Android Authority.
2. Sync
As of Android 1.0, the sync app has played its part, alongside Google Contacts, Gmail, and Google Calendar. If the user adds an agenda to the smartphone version of Google Calendar, the agenda will be synchronized on the web version of Google Calendar.
3. Application Organizing
One of the differences between Android and iOS at that time. Android 1.0 has the ability to give users the flexibility to organize the location of applications, while iOS does not.
In addition, there is also the option to sort them alphabetically, or place them into folders according to their respective categories. Some applications also provide widgets that can be displayed on the home page of the phone.
4. SMS and MMS
This messaging service duo was already very familiar among mobile phone users before the arrival of Android 1.0. So do not be surprised if the operating system brings SMS and MMS into it.
Interestingly, iOS is not as fast as Android in bringing MMS to the devices running it. Only in 2009, through the emergence of the iPhone 3GS, Apple embed these features into their phones.
5. Notifications
Android successfully presents notifications that are different from the others. Since the advent of Android 1.0, it has provided a status bar and notification groupings that can be viewed by swiping from top to bottom on the screen.
It will be interesting to see if these features will be maintained in the future by Android. Especially for SMS and MMS which have been attacked by instant message sharing service providers such as WhatsApp.
