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Could Android 4.2.2 be the last Jelly Bean version before Key Lime Pie?

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Could Android 4.2.2 be the last Jelly Bean version before Key Lime Pie?
The Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update has just started rolling out to Nexus devices, and it might be the last Jelly Bean update as Google jumps directly to Android Key Lime Pie after 4.2.2.

Why? Italian HD Blog dug up the official Android source page at source.android.com and noticed Google’s interesting wording where the last iteration on each Android version is referred to as ‘latest.’ So basically could this mean that whenever a version gets 'latest' in its description, that means 'last' in Google's terms? Now, this is an interesting observation that would mean 4.2.2 Jelly Bean will be followed by Key Lime Pie. 

We don’t know much about Google’s wording here and it also seems possible that the company is simply adding latest to whatever version is out there, so that if 4.2.3 ever gets released it will be the one marked with ‘Latest’ and Google will strip the ‘Latest’ word from the 4.2.2 description.

So for the time being, this is nothing more than an interesting assumption derived from Google’s interesting wording. It does ally well with rumors of Key Lime Pie getting introduced at Google I/O in May, though, so why not? What do you think? Right below is the Android version history straight from Google's official source code site for Android.

source: HD Blog (translated)

BuildTagNotes
DRC83android-1.6_r1.1earliest Donut version, ADP1, ADP2
DRC92android-1.6_r1.2
DRD08android-1.6_r1.3
DRD20android-1.6_r1.4
DMD64android-1.6_r1.5latest Donut version
ESD20android-2.0_r1earliest Eclair version
ESD56android-2.0.1_r1
ERD79android-2.1_r1Nexus One
ERE27android-2.1_r2Nexus One
EPE54Bandroid-2.1_r2.1pNexus One
ESE81android-2.1_r2.1s
EPF21Bandroid-2.1_r2.1p2latest Eclair version
FRF85Bandroid-2.2_r1earliest Froyo version, Nexus One
FRF91android-2.2_r1.1Nexus One
FRG01Bandroid-2.2_r1.2
FRG22Dandroid-2.2_r1.3
FRG83android-2.2.1_r1Nexus One
FRG83Dandroid-2.2.1_r2Nexus One
FRG83Gandroid-2.2.2_r1Nexus One
FRK76android-2.2.3_r1
FRK76Candroid-2.2.3_r2latest Froyo version
GRH55android-2.3_r1earliest Gingerbread version, Nexus S
GRH78android-2.3.1_r1Nexus S
GRH78Candroid-2.3.2_r1Nexus S
GRI40android-2.3.3_r1Nexus One, Nexus S
GRI54android-2.3.3_r1.1Nexus S
GRJ06Dandroid-2.3.4_r0.9Nexus S 4G
GRJ22android-2.3.4_r1Nexus One, Nexus S, Nexus S 4G
GRJ90android-2.3.5_r1Nexus S 4G
GRK39Candroid-2.3.6_r0.9Nexus S
GRK39Fandroid-2.3.6_r1Nexus One, Nexus S
GWK74android-2.3.7_r1latest Gingerbread version, Nexus S 4G
ITL41Dandroid-4.0.1_r1earliest Ice Cream Sandwich version, Galaxy Nexus
ITL41Dandroid-4.0.1_r1.1Galaxy Nexus
ITL41Fandroid-4.0.1_r1.2Galaxy Nexus
ICL53Fandroid-4.0.2_r1Galaxy Nexus
IML74Kandroid-4.0.3_r1Nexus S
IML77android-4.0.3_r1.1
IMM76android-4.0.4_r1
IMM76Dandroid-4.0.4_r1.1Nexus S, Nexus S 4G, Galaxy Nexus
IMM76Iandroid-4.0.4_r1.2Galaxy Nexus
IMM76Kandroid-4.0.4_r2Galaxy Nexus
IMM76Landroid-4.0.4_r2.1latest Ice Cream Sandwich version
JRO03Candroid-4.1.1_r1earliest Jelly Bean version, Galaxy Nexus
JRO03Dandroid-4.1.1_r1.1Nexus 7
JRO03Eandroid-4.1.1_r2Nexus S
JRO03Handroid-4.1.1_r3
JRO03Landroid-4.1.1_r4Nexus S
JRO03Oandroid-4.1.1_r5Galaxy Nexus
JRO03Randroid-4.1.1_r6Nexus S 4G
JRO03Sandroid-4.1.1_r6.1Nexus 7
JZO54Kandroid-4.1.2_r1Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7
JOP40Candroid-4.2_r1Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus 4, Nexus 10
JOP40Dandroid-4.2.1_r1Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus 4, Nexus 10
JOP40Fandroid-4.2.1_r1.1Nexus 10
JOP40Gandroid-4.2.1_r1.2Nexus 4
JDP39android-4.2.2_r1latest Jelly Bean version, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Nexus 4, Nexus 10

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