The end of an era; Google removes Android statues from its main headquarters
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The end of an era; Google removes Android statues from its main headquarters

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The funny era of Android ended when Google, with version 10 of its famous mobile operating system, would stop naming the versions with desserts, and would use the classic and boring numerical nomenclature.

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Before Android 10, we saw delicious Android versions like Cupcake (1), Froyo (2), Gingerbread (3), Honeycomb (4), Lollipop (5), Marshmallow (6), Nougat (7), Oreo (8 ) and Pie (9), to name a few, since the list is much longer if we consider the intermediate versions that also had names of prostres. All these versions came accompanied by a statue located outside Google building 44, the company’s main headquarters in Mountain View, California.

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However, to the surprise of many, this week, and without much explanation, the popular Android statues, which had become a tourist attraction, have been removed, leaving a desolate empty space that has not pleased the disillusioned. visitors who could no longer meet them.

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According to visitors’ reviews of the Android statues on Google Maps and Trip Advisor, Google’s decision could have been due to the advanced deterioration of some of them, which already showed signs of sun damage, and even some like the of Ice cream Sandwitch broken, and with missing pieces.

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Yet It is not clear, if Google has withdrawn them forever, or just as a preventive measure to fix them, which seems unlikely given that new versions of Android named after desserts are no longer being released.

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We can only remember the mythical statues of Android, through the photos that many visitors left us.

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