Android has hit 1.4 billion active devices worldwide

September 29, 2015

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android_6-0_marshmallow_statue_lawn_building At the recent Google event, which unveiled two new Nexus phones, Pixel C tablet, and new Chromecast, there was also another big announcement. Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that Android now accounts for 1.8 billion devices worldwide. These numbers are very new and were just recorded in the last 30 days.

He went on to say how Android has doubled in the last year in India and Vietnam. Also, the Android One smartphone was launched in Turkey only a month ago, but since then has become the top-selling smartphone their.

Google Chromebooks are soon to be the largest platform in schools with 30,000 new Chromebooks being activated each day. Also, Google's new Android for Work has been tested and utilized by 10,000 companies. Wrapping everything up, Google Play has now reached 1 billion active users within the last 30 days.

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