Less than a year ago, the squishy new OS unveiled by Google during its yearly developers' conference has now been operable for quite a number of Android devices.
The Indian Express recently reported that about 7.5 percent of active Android devices are now running on Android Marshmallow. Two weeks prior to the search giant's 2016 I/O gathering in San Fransisco, Google released distribution data on account of the new OS. The 2016 Google I/O developer conference would also witness the release of Android N.
Meanwhile, Android Lollipop (5.0) is not far behind release as it also runs on close to 36 percent of Android devices after it came out in 2014. Three years in the making, the KitKat OS, is at 32.5 percent.
Android M's market share may have been up 4.6 percent last month and a lower 2.3 percent last March, its stance at 7.5 percent is still considerably low than its competitors, according to TechSpot. Apple's iOS 9 was already running on 11 percent of Android devices during its first day of release and up at 84 percent by second week of April.
Although Android M was released in October last year, its version was first handed out to wireless telecoms and phone manufacturers for testing in all offered devices. After a few months of testing, consumers are able to experience the new OS. Samsung was able to get hold of the new OS version and had it installed in its S6 Edge and Galaxy S6 handsets around two months ago.
Google's next OS version would be called Android N, which was featured in a developer preview by the company. Possibly stood for Android Nutella, device makers and consumers are setting their hopes up for the build to complete and be released within the summer. More news on the Android N at the 2016 Google I/O developer conference when the event takes off this May 18.
