Do you know which version of Android is running on your smartphone or tablet? If not, you’re far from alone. Working out which version of Android you’re running is no cakewalk.
With Apple’s iOS, you’re battered with daily reminders to install the latest update until one day the phone threatens to SMS your wife with details of the affair you’re having with Julie from accounts unless you install iOS 11.4.5.5.
Android devices, on the other hand, can be left languishing on older versions of the OS for months before an update is issued by their manufacturer – if said update even comes along at all.
So how do you tell which version of Android you’re using?
How to check which version of Android you’re running
These instructions will show you how to find which version of Android you’re running on Samsung Galaxy handsets, by far the most popular type of Android phone.
The instructions may vary for devices from other manufacturers, but they will be broadly the same. Look for similarly named settings.
On Samsung Galaxy devices, open the Settings app, scroll down to “About phone”, and then click on Software Information in the screen that opens. At the very top of that screen, you’ll see which Android version you’re running.
Different versions of Android have different confectionary-themed codenames, which you’ll often hear banded around on tech websites. Here are the codenames for the past few versions of Android, to help you make sense of it all:
| Version number | Codename |
|---|---|
| 4.1 – 4.3 | Jelly Bean |
| 4.4 | KitKat |
| 5 | Lollipop |
| 6 | Marshmallow |
| 7 | Nougat |
| 8 | Oreo |
Those of you who weren’t dragged up through a state comprehensive will have noticed the codenames progress in alphabetical order. If version 9 isn’t p-p-p-pick up a Penguin, we’re gonna be furious.
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