Sijongene nophuculo olucacileyo malunga nokwahlulwa kweenguqu ezahlukeneyo zenkqubo yokusebenza esetyenziswa kwizixhobo ze-Android, kodwa kunjalo sijamelene nobubhanxa bokwenyani malunga nokuphunyezwa kweenguqulelo ezintsha isephantsi kakhulu.
Kwaye asithethi nge-Android Marshmallow, iNougat okanye i-Android Oreo yamva nje, sithetha ngolwabiwo lwe I-Android Lollipop ithatha i-26,3% yesabelo Kuzo zonke izixhobo kunye I-13,4% iseseKitKat.
Kodwa ngaphandle koku, ayizizo zonke iindaba ezimbi kunye nendlela esithethe ngayo kakuhle kumxholo ophambili weli nqaku, ezona nkqubo ziphambili kule nyanga kaDisemba yi-Android Marshmallow neNougat. Zombini ezi nkqubo zisandula ukwenziwa kwaye Kwimeko ye-Nougat, sinokuthi nokuba yinto yesibini yesibini esetyenzisiweyo njengoko lo mfanekiso ungezantsi ubonisa:
Phakathi kwezi nkqubo zombini (iMarshmallow kunye neNougat) zenza i-akhawunti ngaphezulu nje kwe-50% yeenkqubo ezikhoyo, ngakumbi i-53%. Ngokuqinisekileyo ezi ziindaba ezilungileyo kakhulu kubasebenzisi be-Android ababona ukwahlukana ngokuthe ngcembe kuzuza umhlaba. Kodwa umhlaba ulahlekile okomzuzwana kwi-Android Oreo, inguqulelo entsha ye-Android ifumaneka kuphela kwizixhobo zikaGoogle kwaye oku kubunzima kakhulu ngaphandle kwento yokuba izixhobo ezihambelana nale nguqulelo zongezwa kancinci kancinci.
Into ekufuneka siyenze icace kukuba idatha eqokelelwe ngexesha leentsuku ezisi-7 kude kube ngumhla we-11/12/2017 ibonisa ipesenti elungileyo yezixhobo ezikwinguqulelo zamva nje zenkqubo kwaye njengesiqhelo kufuneka sihlale silinde ukuba ifike ukuya kokuninzi. Okwangoku ziindaba ezimnandi kodwa ngale ndlela i-Android ayinanto ininzi xa siyithelekisa ne-iOS ethe ngqo, ke siyathemba ukuba bobabini uGoogle, abaqhubi kunye neempawu zeefowuni ezisebenzisa i-Android ziya kuqhubeka nokusebenza kuyo.