Why can't Google dominate the Android market?

Google makes Android, but it doesn't dominate the Android smartphone market. So why has Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo and other brands managed to stay ahead of Google Pixel? We break down the biggest ...
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Android 13 has doubled in market share since January, more stats

Google’s latest Android distribution stats reveal that Android 13 has more than doubled in market share since January, among other tidbits. Once upon a time, Google offered monthly updates to a ...
Android Authority

15 years since the first Android Market: The app that changed the game

It’s been 15 years since Google introduced the Android Market (now Google Play Store) on the T-Mobile G1 or HTC Dream. And 15 years since the mobile app ecosystem’s landscape was changed forever and ...
Android Police

The Play Store learns a trick even the Android Market should've known in this week's news

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...
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Samsung Dominates Android, Yet Its Market Share Quietly Keeps Shrinking

Samsung’s situation in the global smartphone market is both good and bad, kind of. The good news for the company is that it’s still the number one Android smartphone OEM, by far. The bad news is, the ...