Android's Insane Fragmentation

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		Home Tech Finance Markets Politics Strategy Entertainment Advertising Retail Sports Life Tuesday, July 30, 2013 Android's Insane Fragmentation Android is a seriously fragmented operating system, and it's only getting more fragmented.  OpenSignal, which makes an app that measures network performance, produced the following chart on the state of Android based on its users. It used the last 682,000 downloads of its app to produce the chart. It says there are 11,868 distinct Android devices, up from 3,997 Android devices last year.  While this sounds like a mess for developers, Google has 1 million apps in its Google Play app store for Android. That's more than Apple has for its App Store. So, the fragmentation isn't turning off developers. And the fragmentation of Android is the reason it's the most popular smartphone operating system in the world. Handset makers have used thousands of versions of Android to push the operating system around the world.  Read » Also On Tech Today: Android Is Starting To Dominate The Global Tablet Market One Of Facebook's Key Marketing Partners Is In Bankruptcy After Laying Off Most Of Its 100-Person Staff Advertisement CHART OF THE DAY: Android Tablets Zoom Past The iPad CHART OF THE DAY: The Cheap Chinese Smartphone Makers Are Eating Apple And Samsung's Lunch CHART OF THE DAY: A Look At Facebook's Exploding Mobile Ad Business Share this: Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: ipat39@gmail.com Change Your Email Address | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to the Tech RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

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