Google I/O 2019 is already underway, and this year’s exhibit opened in the same way it does every year. CEO Sundar Pichai and other Google executives rose to the level to give a keynote presentation that sets the tone for Google’s ecosystem for next year. This year, the focus was clearly on artificial intelligence, augmented truth, and device learning, with Google Assistant now at the center of Google’s most exciting experiences. Decidedly less exciting were all the new Android Q features the company brought on Tuesday. Of course, the fact that Android Q is a bit boring shouldn’t be a big deal for anyone right now, even for other people using Android smartphones and tablets. For what? Because for the vast majority of people, it will still be years before Android Q hits one of their devices.
At the start of the Google I/O 2019 keynote on Tuesday, Google made a staggering announcement: There are now 2. 5 billion active Android devices in use worldwide. Even more is the fact that more than 75 million of them are still employing an edition of Android that was released in 2012. That was six years ago and it’s a crime. But wait, it gets worse!172. Five million devices run an edition of Android that came out five years ago in 2013, and a whopping 362. 5 million devices recently run Android Lollipop, which launched in 2014. In other words, more than six hundred million Android devices run software that is at least four years old. Not bad, it’s a parody.
After Google I/O’s keynote speech, Google shared distribution knowledge of the updated versions for the first time since October last year. Here is the new chart, which is located on the Android developers’ website:
On the plus side, Android Pie, despite everything, has reached double digits. But is this an advantage? Let’s put that number in perspective: this means that just over 10% of Android devices worldwide have access to all the newest features. by 60%!
When Google announced Android Oreo 2 years later in August 2017, it brought a new feature called Project Treble. The graph above is a representation of how it works. Simply put, Treble separates the basic Android framework from all the bells and whistles added by smartphone manufacturers. In this way, they can implement primary updates of the Android operating system that do not affect their software additions in any way, as they only have an effect on the fundamental framework. In theory, this is a brilliant resolution that obviously aims to speed up the release of Android updates and deserves to go a long way in solving Android fragmentation. However, “should” is the key word, as it obviously doesn’t. anything to solve this problem.
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