Android has a surprisingly personal story.
considers the stories of nine brand names. The most surprising one has to be the suggestion that Android, the mobile operating system that was bought by Google in 2005, was named after the nickname of its cofounder, the programmer Andy Rubin. Apparently, Rubin picked up the soubriquet when he worked at Apple because of his interest in robots. Until 2008, his personal website was android.com.
The name brings up lots of sci-fi connections and may seem like a strange choice at first, potentially conjuring up fears of a dystopian future. But, unlike the term 'cyborg', androids are designed to look like humans, so the choice was perhaps seen to fit the intention of creating mobile tech that felt human and accessible .
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