Android (operating system) Android Android 4.2 "Jelly Bean" on the Nexus 4 Company / developer Google Open Handset Alliance Android Open Source Project Programmed in C , C++ , Java [ 1 ] OS family Unix-like Working state Current Source model Open source [ 2 ] Initial release September 23, 2008 ( 2008-09-23 ) [ 3 ] Latest stable release 4.2.2 Jelly Bean / February 11, 2013 ; 14 days ago ( 2013-02-11 ) [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Marketing target Smartphones Tablet computers Available language (s) Multi-lingual Package manager Google Play , APK Supported platforms ARM , MIPS , [ 6 ] x86 [ 7 ] Kernel type Monolithic ( modified Linux kernel ) Default user interface Graphical ( Multi-touch ) License Apache License 2.0 Linux kernel patches under GNU GPL v2 [ 8 ] Official website www.android.com Android is a Linux -based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile dev...