Android O is named Octopus and not Oreo or Orange Sorbet?

The new Easter Egg picture, in the Android O developer preview, of an octopus, is making us really confused.

Google has just updated a rather weird picture in the Easter Egg section of the latest Android O developer preview in place of the picture of the Easter Egg that traditionally had been there to keep the Android O's real name a secret. Google has put an octopus cartoon there.

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For months the entire tech community has been waiting eagerly to know what exactly Google has named the next Android, which has been called Android O by the company. Since Google always nicknames Android after the names of desserts people guessed several options for the suspicious Android O – Oatmeal Cookie? Orange Sorbet? Oreo? Or some other dessert name that starts with O.

And this picture of this black octopus on the blue background is screaming only on question – Does Google think octopus is a dessert?

This is clearly not a glitch and an intentional move, considering the fact that the earlier Android O previews would only show the "O" logo on a space background.

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I mean, I understand octopus can be used to cook rather tasty dishes but dessert? As The Verge reported the closest thing to a dessert related to an octopus could be a Trolli octopus gummy. However, Google's Easter Egg doesn't seem to feature the multicolored hues that the candy treat is known for.

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Is it possible that they are actually really confused? Or is it that Google is finally moving from its tradition of having Android nicknames after desserts. Perhaps, this entire thing is a huge prank that Google played on us to make the whole Internet go bananas?

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