Android followers will remember that major, annual updates to Google’s mobile operating system were delivered with sweet names added up until Android 9 Pie, released in 2018. Since then, however, the dessert names have been abandoned and the names are now somewhat simplified: Android 13 will replace Android 12 this year.
Although Android versions now stick to numbers, dessert names are still used as codenames within Google. As 9to5Google spotted in the Android Open Source Project code, Android 14 (or Android U) is codenamed Upside Down Cake.
In case you haven’t seen it before, Inverted Cake lives up to its name: While the cake is being made, the decorations are placed at the bottom of the base and then the cake batter is poured over it. After cooking, everything is turned upside down so that the decorations are back on top.
But before we try Android 14, we still have Android 13 to wait. The operating system is currently in early developer preview, and a public beta trial is likely to follow, which consumers can opt-in to if they wish.
Later, the full and finished version of Android 13 will be available to anyone with a compatible phone. Android 12 was released on October 2021, so the sequel is expected to appear about a year later. However, it is possible that we have met before. As always, Pixel phones are expected to come first, including the Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro.
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