What is Android?

Mobile apps created on Android were firstly designed to work well on such mobile platforms, like smartphones and tablet computers. Due to its exceptional flexibility, open-sourceness, and customizability, the Android OS drives greater usage across various platforms and devices. Technology vendors use either the original OS or custom Android-based operating systems to build into their gadgets, like cell phones, tablets, e-books, TVs, set-top boxes, digital media players, streaming sticks, and many others. New OS versions that come on the market enjoy enhanced versatility, security, cross-platform functionality, more backward compatibility, and greater interoperability with other software products. During the last decade, all this helps Android improve user experience and add more business value to enterprises that choose Android-backed business apps.

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According to Statista , the global figures of new smartphone users including home and business customers show exponential growth. The same holds true for the number of downloads of Android apps for business and home use.
Speaking of the business app category on Google Play, a recent survey has found that the three top Android app categories in terms of downloads are Games, Education, and Business applications. A vast variety of free and paid business apps are available on Google Play today – from both corporate and individual app software developers totaling over 200 thousand apps for business needs.

The first version release of Android took place in 2008, just 3 years after Google managed to acquire Android Inc. along with its top app software development team. The new mobile operating system was built on Linux kernel and set to compete with other OS platforms, like Symbian, BlackBerry OS, and Windows Mobile. The latest mobile operating system version released is Android 11 rolled out in September 2020.