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How to Find Your Android Version Number and Security Patch Level

This information is available in Android’s system-wide Settings screen. Whatever version of Android you’re using and whatever customizations your device’s version of Android has, you should be able to get to it in the same way.

Open the “app drawer” — the entire list of apps installed on your phone. It’s almost always a button at the bottom of your home screen, in the center.

Scroll through the list of installed apps and look for an app named “Settings”. Tap the Settings icon to enter Android’s system-wide Settings app.

Scroll down on the Settings screen and look for an “About phone”, “About tablet”, or “System” option. You’ll usually find this at the very bottom of the main Settings screen, under System, but depending on your phone it could be different. If you do find a specific option for System, you can usually find the “About Phone” underneath that.

Couldn’t find it? Depending on your phone, here are some places that you can find the Android version:

  • Samsung Galaxy Phones: “About Phone” > “Software Information”
  • Stock Android: “System” ->  “About Phone” or “About Tablet”

On the resulting screen, look for “Android version” to find the version of Android installed on your device, like this:

It just displays the version number, not the code name — for example, it says “Android 6.0” instead of “Android 6.0 Marshmallow”. You’ll have to perform a web search or look up a list of Android codenames if you want to know the code name associated with the version. Here’s a current list:

  • Android 11
  • Android 10
  • Android 9
  • Android 8.0 – 8.1: Oreo
  • Android 7.0: Nougat
  • Android 6.0: Marshmallow
  • Android 5.0 – 5.1.1: Lollipop
  • Android 4.4 – 4.4.4: Kit Kat
  • Android 4.1 – 4.3.1: Jelly Bean
  • Android 4.0 – 4.0.4: Ice Cream Sandwich
  • Android 3.0 – 3.2.6: Honeycomb
  • Android 2.3 – 2.3.7: Gingerbread
  • Android 2.2 – 2.2.3: Froyo
  • Android 2.0 – 2.1: Eclair
  • Android 1.6: Donut
  • Android 1.5: Cupcake

Other fields here are also relevant. The “Model number” field tells you the name of your device, for example.

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