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Android platform distribution, September 2016: Marshmallow climbs, and not...
September's platform distribution numbers for Android are now available, and... they're dully predictable. Marshmallow's growth returned to the levels we saw in July, gaining 3.5 points versus its...
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Android platform distribution, November 2016: Nougat shows up, Marshmallow...
Android platform distributions for the first week of November are up, and Nougat has appeared... with 0.3% of the pie. But it's there! The only other really noteworthy change came from Marshmallow,...
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Android platform distribution, December 2016: KitKat is finally toppled,...
December's Android platform distribution numbers are up and... not much exciting has changed in the last month, to be honest. The only real milestone we're seeing is that Android 4.4 KitKat is finally...
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Google posts January 2017 platform distribution numbers: Nougat still under...
Today is a big day for Android, nay, for all of us. After nearly seven years, Android 2.2 Froyo has finally dropped off the platform distribution numbers. Our Froyo Deathwatch has ended. That's not...
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Google releases February platform distribution numbers, Nougat inches over 1%
Like clockwork, the February distribution numbers are out, and while it's not a milestone like last month when Froyo finally died, there are still some important things to take note of. Nougat is...
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March 2017 platform distribution: Nougat surges, but still only 2.8% of devices
It's that time again—Google has updated the developer dashboard with new platform distribution numbers. After bidding Froyo a long-overdue farewell a few months ago, there hasn't been a great deal of...
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Android platform distribution for April 2017 shows another solid gain for Nougat
No one is going to claim Android updates are perfect, but Google isn't hiding anything. As it does most months, it has just updated the developer dashboard with new platform distribution numbers....
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May 2017 Android platform distribution shows another big gain for Nougat and...
Google has updated the developer dashboard for May, giving us an overview of the Android device ecosystem. Nougat continues to inch upward at a respectable rate—it's now over 7% of devices. However,...
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June 2017 Android platform distribution stats see steady rise for Nougat and...
With another month of Android version stats released, Google's latest version of its mobile operating system saw predictable gains, ticking up a total of 2.4 points versus a little over a month ago....
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Android platform distribution numbers for July 2017 show another modest...
Google has provided updated numbers on what versions of Android are out there in the world, and again Nougat is showing a respectable, though not impressive rise. Nougat has increased by 2% across...
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Android platform distribution for August 2017: Nougat hits 13.5% with Android...
Google has updated the developer dashboards for August, and that means a new glimpse at which versions of Android are floating around out there. Like last month, Android 7.0 and 7.1 saw a small gain,...
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Android platform distribution updated for September 2017 with another small...
There's an Apple event happening at this moment, during which the company will probably brag about how unified its iOS user base it. Google chose right now to update the platform versions in the...
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Android platform distribution for October 2017 includes the first hint of...
Another month, another update to the Google Developer dashboards. This time there's something new in the Android version stats, although it's a very, very small something. After the unsurprising...
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November 2017 platform distribution shows an anemic 0.1% increase for Oreo...
It was beginning to look like Google wouldn't get around to releasing platform distribution numbers this month, but it just came through. The news, however, isn't great if you've been pulling for Oreo...
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December 2017 platform distribution numbers: Oreo's piece of the pie nearly...
Well, it's that time of the month again. Like last month, Google's a bit later than it usually is with these numbers, and it isn't because we have a new version of Android for the chart. Although 8.1...
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January 2018 platform distribution numbers show Oreo still at less than 1%
The time has come again for Google to provide an overview of what versions of Android are out there in the wild. Last month saw some big (proportional) gains for Oreo as most other versions of Android...
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February 2018 Android platform distribution: Oreo breaks 1% usage and Nougat...
Android 8.0 has been a low burn since its release last fall. It's been gaining a tenth of a percent here and there on the distribution charts, and Android 8.1 just appeared last month. This month,...
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Android version stats for April 2018 show Oreo sitting at less than 5% after...
Things must be busy at the Googleplex right now. That's the only reason I can think that Google couldn't get someone to dump the latest platform distribution data online for the last six weeks. The...
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May 2018 Android platform distribution shows Oreo at 5.7%
The big news today is all from Google I/O today, but that's not all we have to talk about. The developer dashboard has also gotten an update with new platform distribution numbers. So, Oreo is huge...
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Google's July 2018 Android platform update shows Oreo usage more than...
We get it, Google. You're busy with a lot of things, and platform distribution updates can fall by the wayside. Still, the most recent two-month gap was unusual. Someone finally had time to spit out...
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