'Marshmallow' picked as moniker for Android 6.0

Alphabet's search, ads, cloud and mobile business Google has revealed that the next version of its Android mobile operating system will be called “Marshmallow”. Google gives each version of Android the name of a sweet and also advances each new Android by one letter of the alphabet. Hence Android's current version is Lolliop, …

[P. Lee]

Choose! Choose the form of the Destructor!

- The Traveller has come!

- What did you do, Burke?!

... We'll cross the streams.

... You're gonna endanger us, you're gonna endanger our client. The nice robot who paid us in advance before she became a dog.

[Captain DaFt]

"Marshallow"

Bland, soft, cloying, unsubstantial, can't take the heat without falling apart, and easy to poke holes in.

Is Google trying to tell us something?

[Teiwaz]

Re: "Marshallow"

"Bland, soft, cloying, unsubstantial, can't take the heat without falling apart, and easy to poke holes in."

Unsurprisingly, this made me think of all the UK political partys manifestos at the last election.

[Dave 126]

Re: "Marshallow"

> "Marshallow" - Bland, soft, cloying, unsubstantial, can't take the heat without falling apart, and easy to poke holes in."

Well, they were thinking of calling it Marathon, but they got Snickered.

[mythicalduck]

Re: "Marshallow"

You won't need to poke holes, I imagine this:

“new permissions model that streamlines the app install and update process.”

to mean that, there's going to be a permission called "Your Phone", which grants access to everything on the phone, you either accept it and install it, or don't...

[Anonymous Coward]

Well, it could have been worse....

Android 6 Marmite

Android 6 Meringue

Android 6 Mayonaise

I could keep going..

[Roq D. Kasba]

Re: Well, it could have been worse....

Marmite, now there's an aroma for a phone... Mmmm

[Roq D. Kasba]

Re: Well, it could have been worse....

Mackerel?

[Khaptain]

Re: Well, it could have been worse....

What kind of sweets do you eat that are "Mackerel" flavoured ? I'll make a small wager that they are not very popular...

[VinceH]

Re: Well, it could have been worse....

"Mackerel?"

Mydog'sfarts?

Note: I'm deliberately ignoring the part about it being named for sweets ;)

[bdj]

Re: Well, it could have been worse....

I wouldn't consider Marmite or Mayonnaise confectionery, perhaps more suitably malware if we ignore the confectionery naming convention.

Shamelessly stolen from internet.

Cupcake

Donut

Eclair

Froyo

Gingerbread

Honeycomb

Ice Cream Sandwich

Jelly Bean

KitKat

Lollipop

Marshmallow

[Medixstiff]

I'm trying to think of a sweet beginning with Z.

Google's got plenty of time to think one up though.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: I'm trying to think of a sweet beginning with Z.

Zappers

[Uncle Slacky]

Re: I'm trying to think of a sweet beginning with Z.

Zonkers (as in Screaming Yellow). Sadly I don't think they're made any more...

[Khaptain]

Re: I'm trying to think of a sweet beginning with Z.

There are a few "Zombie" variants available

http://www.niftycandy.com/weirdcandy.html

[Little Mouse]

Re: I'm trying to think of a sweet beginning with Z.

Zubes? More of a lozenge really. But technically still a sweet.

(showing my age)

[Unep Eurobats]

Re: I'm trying to think of a sweet beginning with Z.

Does anyone remember Zegazoids? They were a sort of lime and liquorice abomination.

[Dave K]

Alternatively...

I would have gone for Marzipan, but that's just nuts!

[Little Mouse]

Re: Alternatively...

You jest - but actually I reckon that's a far better name.

Google must be kicking themselves.

[MrT]

Marshmallow kernel...

...meets Amazon Fire - don't leave it there too long, could have unwanted results.

[Sir Sham Cad]

Commercial deal fell through then?

They could have had Mars Bar, Malteasers or Milky Way just by talking to one company.

Unless the KitKat deal came with a no-compete clause from Nestle.

[Named coward]

Is there need to mention the not as yet existing company Alphabet every time Google is mentioned?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is there need to mention the not as yet existing company Alphabet every time Google is mentioned?

Yes.

Anything else I can help you with?

:)

[Big_Boomer]

Next

The next version after Marshmallow will probably be Nougat. Soft and sticky and full of nuts. However since they are now called Alphabet, they may just call it 7.0 or Roger. :-)

[Gene Cash]

FTFY

> previous version was Key Lime Pie

Fuck the branding crap with KitKat. Fuck Hershey and their suing Cadbury over KitKat imports so that none of the British candy shops around here can stock decent candy.

The only "customer confusion" was that Americans would discover is that Cadbury KitKats don't taste like motor oil due to the PGPR (polyglycerol polyricinoleate) which is the cheap cocoa butter substitute that Hersheys uses.

That's typical of American made crap and the "American way". Use a cheap substitute and sue people who complain.

Yet another reason I'm totally ashamed of being American.

[Duffy Moon]

Re: FTFY

The funny thing is that even as a Brit I won't eat Cadbury chocolate because there's so little actual chocolate in it (and far too much sugar - ugh!).