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Android Nougat adoption is pretty poor

Android Nougat has been out for quite some time now but so far, third-party Android smartphone manufacturers have been fairly slow to adopt the new version and begin pushing it out. In fact, the situation is quite bad, with just 1.2 percent of Android users running the Nougat update, despite it having debuted to developers around a year ago.

Google allowed developers access to Android Nougat in February 2016 in order to ensure a smooth transition by giving app creators and phone creators more time with the OS before it debuted with the Google Pixel. Unfortunately, adoption hasn't really taken off.

According to Google's own developer portal Android's original 7.0 update is running on just 0.9 percent of devices while the newer 7.1 update is found on just 0.3 percent. This is a 0.5 percent increase from last month, which can be partially attributed to phone makers like Samsung finally pushing the Nougat update to certain flagship devices.

It appears that Android Lollipop remains the most popular version for now, with its 32.9 percent marketshare.

KitGuru Says: It seems that the Android marketplace is still heavily fragmented with many devices running outdated versions of the OS. Hopefully this is something that Google can eventually tackle. 

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8 comments

  1. Hooray, I recently updated my Axon 7, i’m now part of the 1%.

  2. Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj76:
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  3. WhateverYouWantItToBe

    Been waiting for Motorola to get their a** in gear and release it. They keep delaying and putting it off, despite one of the main reasons I bought the phone was the promise of quick updates.

  4. Nikolas Karampelas

    This is why android sucks, you can buy a new phone now and never being able to get the latest android out there…

  5. As opposed to buying a double the price iPhone that has features Android had three years ago? Careful, your fanboyism is showing. Even if your Android phone was three years behind in updates (usually unlikely if new) then you’ve still got an OS that does what the current version of IOS does and on a handset that is half the price.

  6. Nikolas Karampelas

    Lol? I don’t have an iPhone. I have windows Lumia 650, and it blast every android on this price range.
    Got it this year after many miserable years with androids in this price range and after getting tired of android makers who drop support for phones they keep on selling.

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  8. I am also waiting for Android update