Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday December 13 2017, @06:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the who-doesn't-like-Oreos dept.

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.


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by tangomargarine on Wednesday December 13 2017, @07:46PM (2 children)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday December 13 2017, @07:46PM (#609330)

    HTC's U11 is one of the first non-Google phones to get Android Oreo
    So long as you have an unlocked model, that is.

    HTC is releasing an Oreo update for the unlocked U11 on November 26th (that's today, if you're reading this when it's fresh). There's no timetable for carrier-locked models just yet, but the company's Mo Versi has promised that Sprint's U11 will get a taste of Google's cookie-branded OS "soon."

    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?"
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Interesting=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   3  
  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday December 13 2017, @09:18PM (1 child)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday December 13 2017, @09:18PM (#609392) Journal

    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

      by TheRaven (270) on Thursday December 14 2017, @12:24PM (#609665) Journal
      It qualifies as remotely exploitable. As long as you have WiFi, Bluetooth, and cellular data disabled then it's probably safe. If you're still using a system the same age as your kernel then you might have Heartbleed patched, but you're still vulnerable to KRACK, StageFright and around 700 other vulnerabilities of varying severity. StageFright alone means that an attacker who can make you play a video (e.g. autoplay video in the web browser) can run arbitrary code with root privilege on your device.
      --
      sudo mod me up