The mobile operating system is now elbow-to-elbow with Windows for the most used system place in the world.
It would be a small revolution ... Android, Google's mobile operating system, is about to dethrone Windows from its most used operating system place in the world. According to the statistics firm StatCounter, 37.4% of online devices in February 2017 were under Android. And if they were still 38.6% on Windows, the trend is clearly in favor of Google.
Windows is falling little by little. In the past few years, the computer-based operating system has ceased to lose market share. While they accounted for 82% of Internet traffic in 2012 and seemed hardly dethroneable, it can no longer stay above 40%. Worse, his fall accelerates. By February 2015, it was still responsible for almost one in two connections. "The idea that Android could do the same with Windows was unthinkable five years ago," said StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen in a statement.
The explosion of smartphones. Because, for its part, Android makes a noticeable progression. The most popular mobile operating system did not exceed 2.2% market share in early 2012. At the same time last year it was still below 38%. As a result, it recorded an increase of nearly ten points over one year. A record. These good figures are due in part to the strong share of smartphones equipped with the Google system on the market and the boom of smartphones in recent years. Since October 2016, Internet traffic from mobile phones and tablets (51.3%) has also exceeded that of computers (48.7%).
Android in mind this year? On the other hand, sales of computers have been declining for several years. In 2016, PC shipments dropped to their 2007 levels. Over one year, the number of computers sold worldwide decreased by 6.2% according to figures from Gartner. The forecast for 2017 is not much better, Android should quickly outperform Windows in the place of operating system of the world. Presumably before the end of the year.
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