Android N is officially named Nougat

After months of calling the next Android release as Android N, Google has finally revealed that Android N will be called Android Nougat. The company also took the wraps off its new statue design for Android Nougat, which features a green Android Mascot standing on top of three bars of chewy confection.

For those unaware, Nougat is is a family of confections made with sugar or honey, roasted nuts, whipped egg whites, and sometimes chopped candied fruit. Originally from Italy, the sweet is said to have been created in 15th century. 

Android Nougat was initially announced in March and brings re-designed notification panel and navigation button, improved Doze that debut with Marshmallow, split-screen multi-tasking and tones of other improvements. It also has Daydream, Google's new VR platform baked, though, the support will be limited to Daydream-ready phones running Android N.

Android Nougat will release sometime in Q3 2016.

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