Ngonyaka odlule iGoogle yamangaza abantu bendawo nabantu engabazi ngokuvula izingcingo zabo, ibanga lePixel, amanye amatheminali anikezela ngezinto ezinhle kakhulu ngentengo ephezulu, kufanele kushiwo, nokuthi okwamanje bashiye indawo yaseMelika. Lawa ma-terminals amasha avela esandleni se-Android Nougat, njengoba bekulindelekile, futhi nenani elikhulu lezinto ezintsha nokusebenza, ezinye ezikhethekile kulolu hlu lwamatheminali aklanywe yiGoogle futhi akhiqizwa yinkampani yaseTaiwan i-HTC. I-Android Nougat yethulwe cishe ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule futhi kusukela lapho ikwazi kuphela ukubakhona ku-1,2% wamadivayisi aphethwe yi-Android, isabelo sokutholwa esiphansi kakhulu esingamangazi noma ngubani ngenxa yokuqhekeka okukhona ku-ecosystem ye-Android.
Ukube selokhu kwethulwe i-Android, iGoogle isungule amatheminali ayo, njengoba kwenza i-Apple, elinye iqhude belizocula futhi ngokuqinisekile ukuhlukaniswa kwe-Android bekungeke kuphakame njengoba kunjalo nanamuhla, inqobo nje uma iGoogle inganikanga ngalolu hlelo lokusebenza kunoma umkhiqizi ukufinyelela imakethe yamaselula. Uma sibheka izinombolo ezishicilelwe iGoogle ngokwamukelwa kwazo zonke izinhlobo ze-Android, siyakubona lokho IMarshmallow yiphesenti eliphakeme kakhulu, kuthi u-30,7% ulandelwe nguLolliop ngo-23,1% bese kuthi iKiktat yona ibe ngu-21,9%.
Esikhundleni sesine sithola iLollipop 5.1 eno-9.8%, ilandelwe nguJeely Bean ezinguqulweni zayo ezihlukene ngo-5,7% no-4.0%. Kusamele siye phansi ukuthola ukuvala ukuhlukaniswa kokutholwa kwezinguqulo ezahlukahlukene ze-Android ukuthola i-Android Nougat 7.0, enesabelo esingu-0,9%, kuyilapho i-Android Nougat 7.1 iku-0,3% kuphela. Yize kuliqiniso ukuthi inani elikhulu labakhiqizi bamadivayisi we-Android liyingxenye yenkinga yokuthi kunokwehlukana okuningi, uma iGoogle ibifuna, lokhu bekungeke kube yinkinga kumsebenzisi, okunguyena ogcina ehlupheka ngemiphumela.