Last month, Google asked its fans to come up with ideas and vote on what to name the latest version of Android. Last week, Google said it has finally decided on a name and will be announcing it soon, and it looks like it’s going to be really soon if you consider what Hiroshi Lockheimer, the senior vice president Android, Chrome OS, and the Play store just tweeted :
Just testing some stuff out… pic.twitter.com/6KPTEgXl9K
— Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) June 15, 2016
If you look closely, the image shows Android apps like Twitter, Microsoft Word running on ChromeOS, all part of new features announced during this year’s I/O. In the background, you can also notice an open tab with “Nutella” mentioned in the search field, which is a strong indication that this is the name Google is going for indeed.
Hiroshi Lockheimer also mentioned the name “Nutella” repeatedly on his twitter account before:
There's one specific dish on this menu that I'm keenly interested in. pic.twitter.com/3y5oj9c40x
— Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) June 6, 2016
I had to look up how to spell nougat. But I do know how to spell Nutella. https://t.co/XM3i9idhea
— Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) February 22, 2016
Apparently the name was picked last Feb.
I'm a huge fan of Nutella. https://t.co/ePN6vi4QzP
— Hiroshi Lockheimer (@lockheimer) February 6, 2016
So. What do you think? is Lockheimer trying to mislead us? or is Android N going to be called Android Nutella?
