Google today published the latest edition of its Android Platform Versions report. While Android 4.4 KitKat has now made its way onto more than a third of Android devices, the latest version of Google’s mobile operating system has yet to crack the charts. While Google has begun to ship its latest Nexus devices preloaded with Android 5.0 Lollipop and pushed […]
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Android 4.4 KitKat cracks 30% mark on day that Android 5.0 Lollipop launches
After missing in action in October, Google today updated its Android Platform Versions report. Published on the same day that Android 5.0 Lollipop is out with the HTC-built Google Nexus 9, it shows that Android 4.4 KitKat is now on nearly a third of all Android devices. Since Google last published numbers in early September, KitKat has increased its share of the […]
Andy Rubin leaving Google
Andy Rubin, one of the founding fathers of Android, is leaving Google. According to The Wall Street Journal, Rubin is leaving to start an incubator for startups. “I want to wish Andy all the best with what’s next,” Google CEO Larry Page said in a statement received by the publication. “With Android he created something truly remarkable—with a billion plus happy users. […]
Google unveils Android 5.0 Lollipop
All the guessing is over and those who chose Lollipop can brag that they guessed right. Google today unveiled Android 5.0 Lollipop, the “largest, most ambitious release on Android.” As Google showed back at Google I/O 2014 when it was known as Android L, it comes with a more consistent experience suitable for a range of devices from smartphones to […]
Google said to have shelved Android Silver program
Goodbye, Android Silver, we hardly knew ye! It appears that the new Google program that at one point would have replaced the Nexus program has been shelved. According to The Information‘s Amir Efrati, the decision is tied to internal changes at Google. One of its strongest proponents was Google Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora who recently left the company. Other […]
Android 4.4 KitKat on almost 25% of Android devices
Google has updated its Google Android Platform Versions report once more. Following on the trend we’ve seen in recent months, Android 4.4.x KitKat continues to make progress and is now on 24.5% of all Android devices as older versions like Android Jelly Bean (4.1.x to 4.3), Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3 to 4.0.4) and Gingerbread (2.3.3 to 2.3.7) all showed signs […]
Android L to launch as Lemon Meringue Pie?
In a somewhat surprising move, Google did not reveal the codename of its next version of Android when it unveiled Android L at Google I/O 2014 earlier this summer. It’s not even clear at this point whether Google has discontinued its longstanding practice of giving each major release a dessert name or if one will be revealed later on. There […]
IDC: 300 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2014
The worldwide smartphone market showed no signs of slowing down in the first half of the year. Following strong numbers in Q1, 301.3 million smartphones shipped in Q2 2014 according to market research firm IDC. This is up 25.3% from the 240.5 million shipped the same quarter a year ago. Echoing similar findings by Strategy Analytics earlier this month, the IDC reports […]