Microsoft has had trouble getting people to use its Windows Phone operating systems, however, it might make as much as $3.4 billion on Android phones.

Android has become the most popular operating system on the Internet, taking the first place from Microsoft's Windows for the first time, according to analytics firm StatCounter.

After less than nine years, Google's open source operating system is bigger than Windows. The numbers from last month placed Windows at 38.6% of web traffic, while Android was just behind it at 37.4%.

Android has passed Windows as the most-used operating system online, according to StatCounter. The milestone is based on total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile combined.

Still, the operating system trends have been clear since 2012. Windows is falling, while Linux-based Android is rising. If Android isn't really more popular by now, it will be shortly.

Roughly a month ago, we reported that Android was well on its way to leapfrog Microsoft Windows to become the world’s most used operating system. In the past five years, Android has risen to ...

Android is set to overtake Windows as most used operating system Microsoft Windows holds the slimmest of margins over Android, and they could trade positions very soon if current trends continue.

A clear reminder of that comes with news of a report claiming that Google's Android has overtaken Windows as the internet's most used operating system.

However, the fact is that there’s not much in the way of geospatial apps for Android, yet. Almost all geospatial apps in existence today are built for Windows Mobile, but most people I’ve spoken to ...

Android is perhaps one of the most used Operating System plus framework available for what we call smartphones today. And it is poised to become an all-encompassing framework.

Mobile android Android overtakes Windows as most used operating system Android held just 2.4% market share five years ago By Jose Vilches April 3, 2017, 11:00 AM 11 comments ...