Android phones are available right now.

Google search provider created the mobile operating system known as Android. Android is now the most popular mobile operating system in the world, and it is used in many different smartphones. Anyone can create their own software, such as games or apps, to run on the Android platform since it's an open source operating system. Tablet computers also use Android OS, with Android 3.0 being the most recent iteration. Despite the fact that the Android OS has been in use since 2008, frequent updates and Google support have helped to maintain Android as the top system it is today.

All Android-powered phones come with a similar set of capabilities offered by the OS. The Android OS is designed for use with smart phones, which are phones that can execute a variety of Java-based apps that extend the phone's functionality. Android devices offer a wide range of online services and apps, in addition to essential telephony and text/media messaging capabilities. The Android phone is connected to the user's Google account, giving them access to Google Calendar, Gmail, and a number of other programs. Android phones enable wireless tethering, which allows you to use the device as a modem to connect a laptop computer to the internet, in addition to Bluetooth and wireless internet access. Video streaming is possible on all Android devices, while the newest models can use Google Talk to video conference and connect to 4G networks. Access to the Android Market is the Android platform's most well-known feature. The Android Market, like the Apple App Store, offers a variety of free apps and games that users may download for their devices.

The G1, which HTC created and launched in 2008, was the first Android handset. It operates on Android 1.0 and has a lot of the capabilities now available on Android handsets, such as Android Market for app downloads and Google account syncing. Since then, the Android operating system has undergone a number of updates, the most notable of which is known as dessert. The most recent Android version for phones is Android 2.3.4, Gingerbread. Gingerbread is designed for use on 4G phones with improved performance and speed, and it offers enhanced video playing and support for a front-facing camera for video conferencing.

Mobile phones can be made by a wide range of manufacturers using the Android operating system. The top producers of the current generation of 4G phones are Motorola and Samsung. The Droid series of smartphones, which are well-known in the United States for their availability with Verizon service, were developed by Motorola. The most recent addition to the Droid line, the Droid X2, features an 8-megapixel camera with integrated video recorder, 8 gigabytes of RAM, an 8-gigabyte microSD card for storage, and a multi-touch interface. The Nexus S was developed in collaboration with Google by another top Android phone maker, Samsung. The Nexus is the first device to run the new Gingerbread operating system and has a potent CPU and 512 MB of RAM. Using the Sprint service plan, the Nexus S is able to connect to the 4G network and has 16 GB of internal storage.