



A simplified color scheme with a black background gave vividness and contrast to the notification bar, menus, and other user interface components. Gingerbread's user interface was refined, making it easier to master, faster to use, and more power-efficient. The first phone with Android Gingerbread was the Nexus S. The Gingerbread release introduced support for near field communication (NFC)-used in mobile payment solutions-and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-used in VoIP internet telephones. Unsupported, Google Play Services support dropped since December 2016 Īndroid 2.3 Gingerbread is the seventh version of Android, a codename of the Android mobile operating system developed by Google and released in December 2010, for versions that are no longer supported. 2.3.7_r1 (GWK74) / September 21, 2011 11 years ago ( )Īndroid 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" (smartphones)ĭeveloper.
