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Android (operating system) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

than half (52.5%) of the smartphone sales belonged to Android.[195] By the third quarter of 2012 Android had a 75% share of the global smartphone market according to the research firm IDC.[196] In July 2011, Google said that 550,000 new Android devices were being activated every day,[197] up from 400,000 per day in May,[198] and more than 100 million devices had been activated[199] with 4.4% growth per week.[197] In September 2012, 500 million devices had been activated with 1.3 million activations per day.[200][201] In May 2013, at Google I/O, Sundar Pichai announced that 900 million Android devices had been activated.[202] Android market share varies by location. In July 2012, "mobile subscribers aged 13+" in the United States using Android were up to 52%,[203] and rose to 90% in China.[204] During the third quarter of 2012, Android's worldwide smartphone shipment market share was 75%,[196] with 750 million devices activated in total. In April 2013 Android had 1.5 million activations per day.[201] In March 2013, Android's share of the global smartphone shipment market, led by Samsung products, was 64%. The Kantar market research company reported that Googles platform accounted for over 70% of all smartphone device sales in China during this period and that Samsung's loyalty rate in Britain (59%) is second to that of Apple (79%).[24] As of May 2013, 48 billion apps have been installed from the Google Play store,[63] and as of September 2013, 1 billion Android devices have been activated.[28] In third quarter of 2013, Android's share of the global smartphone shipment marketled by Samsung products was 81.3%;[22][23][24] Android smartphones account for more than half of sales in most markets, including the US.[25] Indeed, during August, September, and October 2013, no less than 261.1 million smartphones were sold overall, with about 211 million smartphones running Google's operating system.[23]

Platform usage
The table below provides a breakdown of Android versions, based on devices accessing the Play Store as of March 3, 2014.[205] Version 4.4 4.3.x 4.2.x 4.1.x 3.2 2.2 Honeycomb Froyo Jelly Bean Code name KitKat Release date October 31, 2013 July 24, 2013 July 9, 2012 July 15, 2011 February 9, 2011 May 20, 2010 API level 19 18 16 13 10 8 Distribution 2.5% 9.6% 17.1% 35.3% 15.2% 0.1% 19.0% 1.2%

November 13, 2012 17

4.0.34.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich December 16, 2011 15 2.3.32.3.7 Gingerbread

Application piracy
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