Android is officially the most popular operating system in the world in terms of Internet usage, according to new data released by StatCounter. Google's operating system has managed to overcome Microsoft Windows.
The figures released by StatCounter concern desktop, laptop, tablet and cell phones and show that Android today powers 37,93 percent of devices connected to the Internet, while Windows fell to second place with 37.91 percent.
Undoubtedly, the huge growth made by Android in recent years has helped the big market share (over 80%) in mobile devices. This has helped to overcome Google's winning Microsoft Windows and StatCounter describes it as "the end of an era."
"It's a milestone in the history of technology and the end of an era," said Aodhan Cullen, CEO of StatCounter, in a statement today.
"It marks the end of Microsoft's leadership in the OS market world since 1980. It also represents a major development for Android, which held just 2,4% of the global market share of Internet usage just five years ago. ”
The biggest problem της Microsoft είναι ότι η κινητή πλατφόρμα της υπάρχει μετά βίας, καθώς το Windows Phone/Windows 10 Mobile τροφοδοτεί σήμερα περίπου το 1% των smartphones που κυκλοφορούν. Κάποιες άλλες έρευνες που κυκλοφορούν ανεβάζουν το ποσοστό στο 1,3 τοις εκατό, ενώ άλλοι ισχυρίζονται ότι η πλατφόρμα πάει πολύ χειρότερα, με ένα μερίδιο της τάξης του 0,5%.
Although the company is top in desktop devices, with Windows holding a market share of 84%, Microsoft is constantly losing ground due to the mobile platform that virtually ceased to exist.
Smartphone sales have been soaring for the past few years while PC sales have been falling every quarter, it was just theme it will be some time before Android manages to overtake Windows, and it's probably a change that Microsoft itself has been waiting for.
Redmond, however, does not seem to be interested in investing in mobile, at least not directly.