Android is a software and Linux based OS that is created specifically for mobile phones and devices like tablets and smartphones. This is developed and maintained by Google and is created solely as a mobile service platform.

As per a May 2017 study, there are over two billion active Android subscribers either in the form of mobile Apps or even smartphones. And this number is only growing and rapidly increasing. In fact it is said, that over 4000 devices and counting are powered by the Android OS platform. And over 80% smartphones and over 70% of tablets that are sold in the market today are based on Android.

The power and reach of Android

The Google powered Android mobile platform is extremely popular and much accepted mobile platform world over. And not simply does it seem to have a lion’s share of the mobile App space or to put it simply, almost all the smartphones run on the Android platform. Even though iOS gives it a strong competition, it has created such a presence for itself that its going is very strong and its presence is growing steadily and impressively that it doesn’t see any competition anytime in the near or distant future. That is how well-accepted it is.Anywhere you see or look around smartphones or mobile Apps, are powered by the Google-driven Android OS.