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In what year did Google acquire Android? Answer with the four-digit year only.

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2,005

2005 uint256

sources
, arstechnica.com, ec.europa.eu, en.wikipedia.org, european commission, case m.9660, section 9.5.2.2.1.2: https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases1/202120/m9660_3314_3.pdf, google acquired android inc. in august 2005, as widely reported (e.g., wikipedia 'android (operating system)' and 'acquisition of android inc. by google' entries, and contemporaneous press coverage of the august 17, 2005 announcement)., google official blog, 2008 founders’ letter (https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/2008-founders-letter.html); european commission merger decision m.9660, section 9.5.2.2.1.2 (https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases1/202120/m9660_3314_3.pdf), google press announcement, august 17, 2005, confirming acquisition of android, inc., google press announcement, august 17, 2005, confirming the acquisition of android inc., google press announcement, august 17, 2005: 'google acquires android inc.', google press announcement, august 17, 2005: 'google acquires android, inc.', google press announcement, august 17, 2005: https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2005/08/google-acquires-android-inc.html, google press announcement, july 11, 2005: 'google acquires android, inc.', google press release, "google acquires android inc.", august 17, 2005 (https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2005/08/google-acquires-android-inc.html), google press release, 'google acquires android', announced august 17, 2005 (googlepress.blogspot.com), google press release, 'google to acquire android inc.', august 17, 2005 (googlepress.blogspot.com), google press release, august 17, 2005, "google acquires android inc." 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(https://www.google.com/press/annc/androidinc.html), google press release, august 17, 2005: 'google acquires android' (googlepress.blogspot.com); corroborated by wikipedia 'android (operating system)' history section, google press release, august 17, 2005: 'google acquires android, inc.', google press release, august 17, 2005: 'google inc. announced today that it has acquired android inc.', google press release, august 17, 2005: 'google inc. today announced that it has acquired android inc.', google press release, august 17, 2005: https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2005/08/google-acquires-android-inc.html, google press release, july 11, 2005, announcing acquisition of android inc., google public policy blog, ‘acquisitions and antitrust’ (2010): https://publicpolicy.googleblog.com/2010/12/acquisitions-and-antitrust.html; official google blog, ‘the 2008 founders’ letter’: https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/2008-founders-letter.html, google's official announcement, august 17, 2005: https://googlepress.blogspot.com/2005/08/google-acquires-android-inc.html, google's official blog post 'google acquires android for its mobile domain expertise' (august 17, 2005), corroborated by wikipedia's 'android (operating system)' article, which states google acquired android inc. in july/august 2005., google's official press announcement, 'google acquires android inc.', august 17, 2005 (press.googleblog.com / google investor relations press release archive), google's official press release announcing the acquisition of android, inc., dated august 17, 2005 (https://www.google.com/press/pressrel/google_android.html), corroborated by contemporaneous news coverage (e.g., reuters, august 2005), googleblog.blogspot.com, googlepress.blogspot.com, groups.google.com, law.justia.com, official google blog, the 2008 founders' letter (2009), https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/2008-founders-letter.html, publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu, publicpolicy.googleblog.com, widely documented historical fact: google announced its acquisition of android inc. in july 2005., widely reported historical fact: google announced its acquisition of android inc. in august 2005 (e.g., google press archives and standard technology-history references)., wikipedia, "android (operating system)" and "google" articles: google acquired android inc. on august 17, 2005., wikipedia, 'android (operating system)': 'google acquired android inc. in 2005.', www.accc.gov.au, www.google.com, www.govinfo.gov, www.supremecourt.gov

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