The main focus of the change in the mobile world since 2010 is Android. The Linux-based and open-source operating system gives life to the vast majority of today’s smartphones. So what are the most popular Android versions at the moment? Uptodown explained.
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Here are the most popular Android versions
Although Android has been making users nervous with applications containing trojans recently, we can say that it is still among the best options. Uptodown, the Google Play Store alternative with 130 million users, also shared the survey results revealing the most popular Android versions.
According to Uptodown, the most popular version is Android 11. with 29.5 percent usage rate, followed by Android 10 with 25.2 percent, which was introduced in 2020. Android 9 Pie is in the third place with 11.5%, and Android 8.1 Oreo is in the fourth place with 11%.
Android 12, which was introduced last year and is the newest version, ranked fifth with a usage rate of 2.6 percent. We can explain the reason for this similar to Windows 11.
As it is known, Windows 11 has a strict policy in terms of system requirements. So old devices cannot use the new version due to some requirements. For this reason, it is far behind Windows 10 in usage rates.
If we consider the update policies of smartphone manufacturers, Android 12 appears mostly on new devices. Apart from this, the slow rate of expansion causes it to lag behind all versions in usage rates. The shrinkage in the smartphone market due to reasons such as the global chip crisis and the pandemic also directly affects them.
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