Ukuba sithetha ngezabelo zentengiso zeenguqulelo ezahlukeneyo ze-Android, kubonakala ngathi sixelela isiqhulo kwaye kubonakala ngathi uGoogle uyawudlulisa lo mbandela ngaphandle kokukhangela isisombululo ukuze kube kanye, ukwahlukana akusosinye sezizathu zokuba abasebenzisi bakhetha ukukhetha iqonga leApple kunelo Android.
Abafana abavela kuGoogle bathumele kwiwebhusayithi yabaphuhlisi, idatha ehlaziyiweyo kwisabelo sokwamkelwa kweenguqulelo ezahlukeneyo ze-Android ezisebenzayo ngoku esinokubona ukuba i-ANdroid Oreo unesabelo esi-0,2% kuphela.
Nangona i-Android 6.0 inguhlobo okwangoku olufumaneka kwelona nani likhulu lezixhobo, i-32%, eso sabelo sincinci kancincikwaye kufuneka incitshiswe ngenxa ye-Android Nougat, Kuba uninzi lwezixhobo ezikhoyo ngoku zilawulwa yinguqulelo ye-Android, i-17,8%. I-Android Lollipop inesabelo se-27,7% ngelixa i-KitKat ihlala kwi-14,5%. Enye yeenguqulelo ezindala ze-Android, apho uGoogle aqhubeka nokubonelela ngedatha kwiGingerbread, enesabelo se-0,6%, ngaphezulu kune-Android Oreo okwangoku.
Qho ngonyaka uGoogle uthi ufuna ukuphelisa ukwahlulwa, kodwa akenzi ntshukumo kuwo. Kodwa sonke isiphoso asikho kuphela kwinkampani esekwe kwiMountain View, kuba abavelisi banenxalenye yayo, kodwa ukuya kwinqanaba elincinci, kuba UGoogle othatha ixesha elide ukuphonononga uhlaziyo ngalunye ukuba abavelisi bafuna ukusungula kwimarike, ethi ekugqibeleni ichaphazele isabelo sabo sentengiso, kodwa ngendlela ephantse ingabonakali. Ngoku kubonakala ngathi uGoogle ufuna ukuqala ukwenza izixhobo zakhe, emva kokuthengwa kwecandelo le-HTC, la manani angaqala ukutshintsha kule minyaka izayo, ngakumbi ukuba inomdla wokumisela iiterminal ezintsha ngokusasazeka okuhle kwihlabathi liphela nakukhuphiswano ixabiso.