Android Eclair is a codename of the
Android mobile operating system
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developed by
Google
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, the fifth operating system for Android and the second major release of Android. Eclair spans the versions 2.0.x and 2.1. Unveiled on October 26, 2009, Android Eclair builds upon the significant changes made in Android 1.6 "
Android Donut". The first phone with Android Eclair was the
Motorola Droid. Google ceased
Android Market
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support for Eclair on June 30, 2017.
Features
User experience
The default home screen of Eclair displays a persistent
Google Search
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bar across the top of the screen. The camera app was also redesigned with numerous new camera features, including flash support, digital zoom, scene mode, white balance, color effect and macro focus. The photo gallery app also contains basic photo editing tools. This version also included the addition of live wallpapers, allowing the animation of home-screen background images to show movement. Speech-to-text was first introduced, replacing the comma key.
Platform
Android Eclair inherits platform additions from the
Donut release, including the ability to search all saved SMS and MMS messages, improved
Google Maps
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3.1.2, and Exchange support for the Email app. The operating system also provides improved typing speed on virtual keyboard, along with new accessibility, calendar, and virtual private network APIs. For internet browsing, Android Eclair also adds support for
HTML5
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, refreshed browser UI with bookmark thumbnails and double-tap zoom.
See also
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Android version history
The version history of the Android mobile operating system began with the public release of its first beta on November 5, 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released on September 23, 2008. The operating system has been develope ...
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iPhone OS 3
iPhone OS 3 (''stylized as iPhone OS 3.0'') is the third major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., succeeding iPhone OS 2. It was announced on March 17, 2009, and was released on June 17, 2009. It was succeeded ...
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Windows Mobile 6.5
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Windows 7
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Mac OS X Snow Leopard
Mac OS X Snow Leopard (version 10.6) (also referred to as OS X Snow Leopard) is the seventh major release of macOS, Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.
Snow Leopard was publicly unveiled on June 8, 2009, at A ...
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Android (operating system) versions
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