Android O is now officially Android Oreo
After months of waiting (and a bizarre octopus easter egg) Google finally announced today next version of Android — previously known as Android O — will officially be going by the name of Android Oreo.
The use of an existing brand makes sense for Google here — there aren’t a ton of good “O” dessert foods out there, and Oreos are pretty much as universally beloved as a cookie can be. There’s also precedent for the partnership, as Google had previously teamed up with Nestlé and Hershey’s to call Android 4.4 KitKat.
Google also today showed off the official statue for the new Android OS, as it does with every new version. At a press event in New York City, which coincided…
