August Android Distribution Report Points To Sorry State Of Oreo Adoption

Sep. 4, 2018

Google has released the latest Android distribution report, which has revealed the percentage of devices running a particular version of Google’s operating system by the end of August. As per the latest figures, Android Nougat is still the most widely installed version of Android with a hefty share of 30.8% in the August Android distribution report.

As per the Android distribution figures for August, Android Marshmallow leads the pack with 30.8% share of the installed base, followed by Android 6.0 Marshmallow at 22.7% and Android Lollipop taking the third spot at 19.2%.Android Oreo, which began rolling out over a year ago, still lags behind in adoption with just 14.6% of compatible hardware running any of the two major Android Oreo builds.

Back in May, Android Oreo ran on just 5.7% of all supported devices and recorded an impressive growth of over 100% when the Android distribution figures forJulywere released, with its adoption base having grown to 12.1%. However, that momentum appears to have slowed down, with only a meager 2.5% gain in its distribution number since July. Major smartphone makers such as Samsung are yet to release the Android Oreo update for a wide range of devices, with roll out only expected to commencenext year.

As for the distribution numbers ofAndroid 9 Pie, the latest version of Google’s operating system did not even make the cut. As per Google’s own guidelines, any Android version with less than 0.1% share of installation base is not included in the Android distribution reports. So far, Android 9 Pie has been rolled out for Google’s Pixel line-up and the Essential Phone, and the only other device to boot the stable build of Android 9 Pie is theSony Xperia XZ3which is yet to hit the market.