https://www.techradar.com/news/android-9-pie-vs-android-8-oreo-whats-new-changed-and-worth-nothing > Android was first released to the public 10 years ago, in 2008. It was a wobbly, brilliant, infuriating and lovable work-in-progress. > Today Android is just as slick as Apple's iOS. Google didn’t need to revamp the whole system with an Android 9 Pie worthy of a 10th anniversary update.