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Google’s next Android is a marshmallow

by on18 August 2015


Turns to goo when things get hot

We are not sure what Google’s marketing people were smoking when they came up with the name Marshmallow for the next version of Android.

Sure Google has made it a thing to name its Android OS versions after food and go letter by letter through the alphabet.

A new “marshmallow” statue was unveiled today on Google’s campus in Mountain View.

Now I know Americans have a softspot for marshmallows which survived Ghostbusters’ Mr Stay Puft destroying most of a city.

As google said:

“Whether you like them straight out of the bag, roasted to a golden brown exterior with a molten center, or in fluff form, who doesn’t like marshmallows? We definitely like them! Since the launch of the M Developer Preview at Google I/O in May, we’ve enjoyed all of your participation and feedback. Today with the final Developer Preview update, we’re introducing the official Android 6.0 SDK and opening Google Play for publishing your apps that target the new API level 23 in Android Marshmallow.”

 

Unfortunately my experience with mush mellows was not that good. Eating them raw was like eating sweet sofa foam.  If you toasted them over a fire, or bbq, they either caught fire or turned into a goo that fell off the stick into the fire.  If you did get one into your mouth it was like swallowing napalm – there are still blokes who I grew up with who talk funny as a result of a childhood marshmallow incident.

It is also a gift for headline writers whenever an Android phone overheats. 

“Marshmallow melts in trousers.” “Marshmallow mess for Google” “Marshmallow burns down house.”  Still Google might get away with it. Most of the press missed that chance with KitKat and no one wrote a “lollypop sucked" headline.

The version of “M” is in preview and almost ready to be rolled out to consumers. No timetable yet, though.

Last modified on 18 August 2015
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