Google's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean marks a turning point for Android devices. Prior to its unveiling, Android phones were already succeeding, of course, by nearly a two-to-one margin in U.S. sales ...

You remember the oft-mentioned Android problem of OS fragmentation. Too many versions out there, not all Android phone software being transfused with fresh up-to-date ...

Android is still plagued by its biggest enemy. Fragmentation. Google recently announced that as it launched Android 10 back in September, only a mere 22.6 percent of its over 2.5 billion users were ...

Android has over half the US smartphone market, but only 16 percent of smartphones and tablets have been updates to Android 4.0 or higher. Two sets of figures released today highlight on teh one hand ...

Google might’ve finally cracked it. According to the latest data from statistics firm StatCounter, Android 11 now boasts the fastest adoption rate of any version of Android. There is a caveat – this ...

Unless you bought the phone or tablet recently, odds are high that your Android device is running an outdated version of the operating system, exposing you to serious security risks. The latest data ...

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The Android device landscape is increasingly dominated by Samsung, according to new data compiled by Opensignal, which found that smartphones and tablets from the South Korean company made up 47.5% of ...

The fragmentation of Android, and the inability – or reluctance – of handset manufacturers and telcos to issue system updates – is the biggest criticism faced by Android. What version of Android you ...

One of the most common knocks on Google 's Android platform is its "fragmented" nature. The Android OS has to support hundreds of hardware models from dozens of manufacturers, most of whom like to put ...