Android 16 Tops Device Share at 25.4% as Android 17 Reaches 1%
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Updated · heise online · Oct 29
Android 16 Tops Device Share at 25.4% as Android 17 Reaches 1%
3 articles · Updated · heise online · Oct 29
Summary
Android 16 accounted for 25.4% of active devices in October 2026, making last year’s release the most widely used version in Google’s latest distribution snapshot.
Android 17 was on just 1% of devices despite launching in mid-June, as the Android Studio figures cover only a seven-day window of Play Store-active devices and arrive earlier in the rollout cycle than last year.
Android 14 and 15 held 15.3% and 14.7%, while Android 11 through 13 still represented sizable shares—10.5%, 9.6% and 11.8%—showing fragmentation remains pronounced across the ecosystem.
Android Studio, not a public dashboard, is now Google’s only source for these estimates; the data resurfaced around the Oct. 28-29 Android Dev Summit after the last update in December 2025.
Android 13 and earlier now cover a large minority of devices even though Android 13 lost support in March 2026, leaving many users on versions no longer receiving security patches.