How big is big or big enough? 100 millions users; Ένα δισεκατομμύριο χρήστες; Οι μεγάλοι αριθμοί είναι ξανά στην επικαιρότητα, καθώς η Microsoft επιβεβαιώνει ότι σήμερα υπάρχουν περίπου 700 εκατομμύρια συσκευές με Windows 10.
Microsoft was targeting one billion Windows 10 devices three years after the official release of the operating system.
According to the numbers, until the end of July 2018 The company could see the magic billion.
But many believe that Microsoft will not reach the target of the billion, due to its decision to leave the smartphones.
When it envisioned and set its goal of one billion in 2014, Microsoft owned the business smartphone της Nokia και χρησιμοποιούσε το λειτουργικό Windows 10 στις κινητές της συσκευές. Όμως η εταιρεία εγκατέλειψε γρήγορα την ιδέα smartphone.
But the big number makes sense: the more users running Windows 10, the easier it will be for the company to develop new services faster to make the Windows aw a service vision a reality, with many third-party developers working on and building the platform. , for the platform. It is also worth noting that today there are many more computers running Windows, but not Windows 10.
But what do the numbers say about the other two major functional, Android and iOS? As it turns out, considering the total installations, but also the numbers of devices that use the latest versions of operating systems, things are not bad.
In February, Apple announced that it has 1,3 billion (active) devices running its operating system: Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watches.
Now it's hard to know how many of those are what, but Apple says 76% of the devices they have access on app Store are running iOS 11. This suggests that the total number on the latest version of iOS is between 700 and 800 million devices.
As for Android, last year Google said it had two billion active Android users, so the number is likely to have grown even more. However, they all use different versions of a very fragmented operating system.
Even the most popular version of Android, Nougat, released in August 2016, has a market share of 31%, which means it has about the same number of users as Windows 10.
Android Marshmallow, which was released at the same time as Windows 10, accounts for about a quarter of all Android users. Android Oreo, released last summer, is only available to 6% of Android device users.
What will follow?
In recent years we have seen excessive use of Android and iOS devices because we buy fewer computers. This may change as the smartphone market also reaches saturation. So all the big companies seem to be looking for the next big idea.
Most of the big tech companies are betting that some kind of virtual reality or augmented reality glasses will be the next innovation.
Microsoft has HoloLens, while the program of Apple's smart glasses is carefully hidden. Google has been experimenting with several devices for years.
After the big numbers and a big question:
Μπορούν αυτές οι εταιρείες να χρησιμοποιήσουν τον τεράστιο τεράστιο αριθμό πελατών τους για να κερδίσουν το επόμενο κύμα τεχνολογίας; Είναι ξεκάθαρο πια ότι όλοι κρυφοκοιτούν το ai, με πειραματισμούς στους ψηφιακούς βοηθούς, για φορητές συσκευές ή για το σπίτι. Η Amazon δεν άφησε την ευκαιρία να πάει χαμένη.
The company had a different kind of users, from hundreds of millions of buyers of many different products. By that logic, another big rival is Facebook, with two billion users and clear indications that it is interested in AR and VR.
Having a huge audience captive seems to be the key to success. So what remains to be seen, we prisoners, is who will win next.
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