--- description: Google wants users' help in naming in the next version of its Android mobile operating system, thus far simply called "N." title: Google Wants You To Name Its Next Product image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt899f4e166b9ac9a9/698893c2a988cad7076b7e7d/google-io-11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Google Wants You To Name Its Next Product  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2016 6:44 PM CUT  Google  by [Alex Fitzpatrick](/author/alex-fitzpatrick/)  ## Alex Fitzpatrick Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2016 6:44 PM CUT Google wants users’ help in naming in the next version of its Android mobile operating system, thus far simply called “N.” Each version of Android has so far been named after a dessert starting with a sequential alphabetic letter — KitKat, Lollipop and Marshmallow are the latest releases. You can submit your N-name Android ideas to Google [right here](https://www.android.com/versions/name-n/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4340607/google-android-n-name/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4340607/google-android-n-name/"},"headline":"Google Wants You To Name Its Next Product","datePublished":"2016-05-18T18:44:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:00.525Z","description":"Androidy McAndroidface?","url":"https://time.com/4340607/google-android-n-name/","keywords":["Tech","Smartphones","Google","Android"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt899f4e166b9ac9a9/698893c2a988cad7076b7e7d/google-io-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Fitzpatrick","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-fitzpatrick/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt899f4e166b9ac9a9/698893c2a988cad7076b7e7d/google-io-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"google-io-11","caption":"","creditText":"Google","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4340607/google-android-n-name/","name":"Google Wants You To Name Its Next Product"}}]}] ```