Android

Mobile operating system

Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, used on smartphones, tablets, and other devices.

It dominates global market share alongside Apple's iOS.

I switched from iPhone to Android.

Is that app available on Android?

The name evokes the futuristic associations of humanoid robots. (Lowercase android is a humanoid robot.)

smartphone

Samsung

South Korean tech conglomerate

notification · APK · widget · rooting · firmware · Nexus · update · tablet · unlock · sideload

robot

humanoid

Being with body like ours

cyborg · bionic · anthropomorphic · sentience · artificial intelligence · Data · C-3PO · Westworld · Asimov · human-like

Categories
Opposites
operating system platform

AndroidiOS

Mobile operating system

iPhone · Apple · macOS · Windows Phone · iPadOS

nature of being (android as humanoid robot)

Androidhuman

Homo sapiens individual

human being · person · flesh and blood · man · woman

authenticity/naturalness

Androidreal person

genuine article · natural person · true self · soul

Phrases
Family

androgynous, androids

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G