It started life as Android L preview in June, but it has since matured into a full-blown release, ready to hit millions of Android devices over the next weeks and months. Android 5.0 Lollipop is here!

Android 5.0 Lollipop changed the face of mobile UI and left a lasting legacy that we still see and feel in the smartphones we use today.

Most versions of Android contain little Easter eggs you can unlock -- Images, animations, and even games -- with a few simple steps. Here are the best.

Interestingly, the Android operating system was not initially designed to be used on mobile phones. If the original plans of the inventors worked out, we would be talking about smart cameras and ...

Android 4.0 also made swiping a more integral method of getting around the operating system, with the then-revolutionary-feeling ability to swipe away things like notifications and recent apps.

Google will kill off very old versions of Android next month Google's tighter login security means Android 2.3.7 and lower will lose functionality.

A splash page for the new operating system reveals that KitKat will be the codename for Android 4.4, not the long-rumored Android 5.0.