Android Oreo was released on August 21. Adoption is at 0.5% (among devices that accessed the Play Store in early December):
Yesterday, Google released some fresh platform data explaining how many devices are running each version. Android 8.0, as you might expect, is struggling with a measly 0.5 percent share. Google's latest Pixel phones run the software, but otherwise it's hard to come by. There are some outliers, of course — the quietly impressive HTC U11, for instance — but most are still shipping with a variant of Android Nougat. Which is, well, hardly ideal for Google.
Android 7.0 and 7.1 have a combined share of 23.3 percent. Respectable, but still behind 6.0 Marshmallow (29.7 percent) and Android Lollipop (26.3 percent).
Here's an article about changes in Android 8.1.
Also at 9to5Google and Wccftech.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by tangomargarine on Wednesday December 13 2017, @07:46PM (2 children)
Ah. I have a U11 that I got in the fall but it's not unlocked and still on 7.1.1. At least it's a hell of a lot more recent than my previous phone that was stuck on 4.4.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday December 13 2017, @09:18PM (1 child)
Hey, leave my 4.4.2 alone!
It works. (Especially since I have deleted or disabled almost everything)
kernel date 4 July 2014. Does it qualify as an antique yet?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:24PM
sudo mod me up