Products and Services

Android

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Business Atlas. "Android." Accessed September 7, 2026. https://dev-business.interactiveatlas.org/products-and-services/android.

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Business Atlas. (n.d.). Android. Retrieved September 7, 2026, from https://dev-business.interactiveatlas.org/products-and-services/android

BibTeX

@misc{businessatlas-android,
  author = {Business Atlas},
  title = {Android},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-business.interactiveatlas.org/products-and-services/android},
  note = {Accessed September 7, 2026}
}

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel, originally developed by Android Inc. and acquired by Google in 2005, with the first commercial Android phone shipping in 2008. Licensed by Google to many device manufacturers, it became the most widely used mobile operating system in the world by installed base, powering the large majority of smartphones sold globally and underpinning Google's mobile advertising and app-store (Google Play) businesses.

Facts

Launch Year

2008 1

Maker

Google 1

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Associated With

Google

Android is developed by Google.

Sources

1. Wikipedia, Android (operating system)

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First released in 2008, Android is the world's most widely used operating system with 3.9 billion users, and the most used operating system for smartphones.

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