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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: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday December 13 2017, @11:25PM
Not so much [reddit.com].
Apple seems to provide support/upgrades the longest, with Microsoft and Blackberry the only only other ones that reach 3 years.
Every other manufacturer provides updates for two years or less (mostly less) for their *flagship* phones. Less hyped phones get shorter terms.
Fortunately, there's LineageOS [lineageos.org] which has broad platform support. Support is sometimes spotty as it's community driven.
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