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title: "Why was android invented?"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of android and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-20  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2957/why-was-android-invented  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["android", "technology", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was android invented?

![Why was android invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/998365d1-ff83-4161-817c-34e9cf0f6d16/images/c4663fb2-5b76-4f22-ad81-5595d6f777bb.jpeg) ![Why was android invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/998365d1-ff83-4161-817c-34e9cf0f6d16/images/b9a48f4b-a88f-420d-8904-9ef066c4b7a0.jpeg) The origins of Android may be traced back to 2003, when Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White created Android Inc. ![Why was android invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/998365d1-ff83-4161-817c-34e9cf0f6d16/images/a90b81c0-d4c1-4664-ab3e-64f27dcb9a77.jpeg) In the beginning, the company's goal was to create a mobile operating system for digital cameras, but in 2004, it moved its focus to cellphones. ![Why was android invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/998365d1-ff83-4161-817c-34e9cf0f6d16/images/63cfc803-3bd5-4d64-b17d-bbb874595962.jpeg) Google paid $50 million for Android Inc. in 2005 to compete with Apple's iOS & develop an open-source operating system for many device manufacturers. ![Why was android invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/998365d1-ff83-4161-817c-34e9cf0f6d16/images/76733454-4d73-4edc-ac3c-c4a28babd678.jpeg) T-Mobile G1, introduced in 2008, was the first Android handset with a touchscreen & pre-installed Google programmes such as Gmail, Maps, and YouTube. ![Why was android invented](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/998365d1-ff83-4161-817c-34e9cf0f6d16/images/67c0e437-80c2-4b75-880d-bb2fb53030a3.jpeg) Android became the best-selling mobile operating system globally, gained popularity and is now used on over 3 billion devices worldwide by 2011.

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