The table is shown when developers create a new project in Android Studio and determine which API version to target. The October 2018 report provides a good analog to compare adoption rates for a ...

Google has updated its chart showing the percentage of Android devices running various versions of the OS, but there are still no details about Android 12’s adoption rate. Historically, Google freely ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. The API Level identifies the version of the Android framework. For example, Android 8.0 Oreo is API Level 26, Android 8.1 ...

Android is infamous for its fragmented ecosystem, swathes of active phones run outdated operating systems and are missing crucial security patches. Android OS distribution numbers have been ...

For years, Google published monthly data on Android’s version distribution. How many Android phones in the world were running an Android version that was released many, many years ago? The answer was ...

It has been a while since Google provided us with an update on the distribution of Android versions, but we finally have new data to analyze. The last time we got a glimpse of how Android versions ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...

Why it matters: This accelerated and more frequent release cycle is a significant shift in Android's development strategy. By aligning more closely with device manufacturers' schedules and offering ...

*The data above is from Google. It was collected during a seven-day period ending on May 7, 2019. Any versions with less than 0.1% distribution are not shown. So why does Google struggle to update ...

The best source for Android OS news. Co-host on the Android Faithful podcast. Google's annual I/O developer conference is chock full of news about all of Google's apps, services, and developer tools, ...

It's not surprising that only .4 percent of Android devices are running Google's latest operating system, Android 7.0 Nougat, while the previous iteration, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, enjoys 26.3 percent ...

Android is infamous for its fragmented ecosystem, swathes of active phones run outdated operating systems and are missing crucial security patches. Android OS distribution numbers have been ...