= 2.3 Honeycomb = 3.1 Ice Cream Sandwich = 4.0 Jelly Bean = 4.1 The naming and numerical progression each year refers to the significant improvements added over the previous builds of Android. Sometimes Google or other product manufacturers release smaller updates which are designed to fix known issues as opposed to adding new functionality. As an example, some Android Gingerbread devices have moved from version 2.3 to 2.3.3 or 2.3.7. Which version of Android am I using? To find out which version of Android your device is currently running, simply head to Settings in your app drawer and scroll down the menu until you find ' About Phone ' or in some cases ' About Device ' or ' About Tablet ' then look for a field marked ' Android Version ' under which should be a number, anything starting with '2.3' means you currently sport a Gingerbread device, anything starting with '4.0' refers to Ice Cream Sandwich running on your Android device and anything with '4.1 ' means you're running the latest available release of Android, Jelly Bean. Google introduces a new version of it's operating system on a 'Nexus' branded phones or tablets. These devices are first to get future updates. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus was the first device to launch with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and has recently become the first phone to make the jump to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean . Based on existing patterns, the Nexus will receive a second major update when