Google is once again trying to put pressure on OEMs and carriers to make sure users get the latest Android updates. But its efforts may be in vain thanks to fundamentally opposite business models.
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Eleven months after it was first announced, 5.x Lollipop builds are now on 21% of active Android devices - but with 6.0 Marshmallow now weeks away, it's Android 4.4 KitKat that continues to dominate.
Google's latest figures show that Android 5.x builds have now been installed on 18.1% of active devices - but while all other versions dropped in usage, Android 4.4 KitKat actually saw an increase.
If a latest rumor is to believed, Google could be planning to force Android OEMs to certify devices with the latest versions of the OS in order to get access to Google Play and other services.
One of the biggest problems facing the open-source Android world has been fragmentation. Apple’s iOS has the distinct advantage (or disadvantage, depending on how you look at it) of being one piece of software on...
One of the key developers behind hit mobile game Angry Birds has given a scathing appraisal of the future of paid apps on Google's Android platform. In an interview with Tech n' Marketing, Rovio Games developer...
A trio of changes to the Android Market have again brought the issue of platform fragmentation to the fore and left some users with a sour taste in their mouth. Android and Me has reported that...
The longest running complaint about Google's Android OS is fragmentation. With an accelerated development roadmap, carriers are finding it harder and harder to keep up with offering the latest version of Android on their devices....
