Kunyaka ophelileyo uGoogle wabothusa abahlali nabantu abangabaziyo ngokusungula iifowuni zabo, uluhlu lwePixel, ezinye iiterminal zanikezela ngeempawu ezintle kakhulu ngexabiso eliphakamileyo, kufuneka kuthiwe, kwaye okwangoku abashiyanga ndawo yaseMelika. Ezi terminals zintsha zivela kwisandla se-Android Nougat, njengoko bekulindelwe, kunye nenani elikhulu lezinto ezinqabileyo kunye nokusebenza, ezinye zikhethekileyo kolu luhlu lweetheminali eziyilwe nguGoogle kwaye zenziwe yinkampani yaseTaiwan iHTC. I-Android Nougat yasungulwa phantse kwiinyanga ezintandathu ezidlulileyo kwaye ukusukela ngoko ikwazile ukubakho kwi-1,2% yezixhobo ezilawulwa yi-Android, isabelo sokwamkelwa esisezantsi kakhulu esingothusi nabani na ngenxa yokuqhekeka okukhoyo kwindalo ye-Android.
Ukuba ukusukela oko kwasungulwa i-Android, uGoogle wayesele esungule eyakhe iitheminali, njengoko iApple yenzayo, enye inkuku iya kucula kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ukwahlulwa kwe-Android bekungayi kuba phezulu njengokuba kunjalo namhlanje, ukuba nje uGoogle ebengayinikanga le nkqubo yokusebenza nakweyiphi na umenzi ukufikelela kwimarike yefowuni ephathekayo. Ukuba sijonga amanani athe apapashwa nguGoogle kukwamkelwa kwazo zonke iinguqulelo ze-Android, siyayibona loo nto IMarshmallow lelona pesenti liphezulu, ngama-30,7% elandelwa yiLolliop nge-23,1% kunye neKiktat nge-21,9%.
Kwindawo yesine sifumana iLollipop 5.1 nge-9.8%, ilandelwa nguJeely Bean kwiinguqu zayo ezahlukeneyo nge-5,7% kunye ne-4.0%. Kuseza ukuba siye ezantsi ukufumana ukuvala ulwahlulo lokwamkelwa kweenguqulelo ezahlukeneyo ze-Android ukufumana i-Android Nougat 7.0, enesabelo se-0,9%, ngelixa i-Android Nougat 7.1 ikwi-0,3% kuphela. Ngelixa kuyinyani ukuba inani elikhulu labenzi bezixhobo ze-Android liyinxalenye yengxaki yokuba kukho ukwahlukana okuninzi, ukuba uGoogle wayefuna, oku ngekhe kube yingxaki kumsebenzisi, ngubani ekugqibeleni oya kuva ubunzima.