Why is Android OS so Popular
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Android OS, whose first version was launched in 2008 by tech giant Google, is now the most popular OS on the earth. This Linux based OS is compatible to Smartphones, Phablet and Tablets. According to NetMarketShare Android Market Share is approximately 66% which shows its dominance over the other operating systems. Apple iOS and Android OS were released approximately at same time but Android OS has clearly outshone its competitors and become the most widely used OS across smartphones and tablets. There are many reasons which led Android OS to conquer the mobile industry. The first and foremost reason is Google, which is constantly improving android OS and making things easier for smartphone users.
Free to USE:
One of the main reason is that Android OS is free of cost. Any mobile manufacturer can use it for its smartphones without any charges. From the first day of its release, Google has made it clear that anyone can use this OS under certain circumstances. This thing has attracted the manufacturers around the world. Many known mobile manufacturers are now using Android OS in their smartphones. As a result of which Android OS has now the largest community and biggest app store in the world.
Affordable:
Smartphones incorporating Android OS are available from variety of low range to high range. Different smartphone producers around the world have provided range of smartphones in all price tags. Which means Android OS can fetch the attraction of maximum number of people. One can buy a reasonable smartphone in $200 and can enjoy the experience of Android OS in good hardware specification.
Open source:
Open source means that the source code of a program is made available for use or modification usually free of cost. Android OS is based on Linux Kernel and open source which means this is easily customizable according to one’s requirements. Anyone can improve the software by making changes to it. This also fetch the attractions of mobile producers to use Android OS in their smartphones.
Charismatic User Interfaces and Up to date:
Android OS has always had fabulous and attractive user interface in it. From Ice Cream Sandwich to onwards Google has added support to smartphones and tablets in same OS version which is not available in prior version of Android OS. Due to the added support for tablets, Android OS is only alternative to iPad (made by Apple). Apart from fabulous interfaces it has always been up to date and always have an upper hand to the current circumstances.
Google Play Store:
Google Play Store is the official app store for android OS. This Play Store has millions of apps and games for android users. One can find application, game on any topic and users never gets irritated. Play Store has applications of all kind from global level to regional level. Google play store is the largest app store as to the number of applications. These huge number of applications also helping the many developers around the globe.
Attraction for Developers:
Android OS has a huge attraction for developers as well. As Android OS has a huge audience in almost every region of the world, which also provides the opportunity for developers to target huge population through their apps. This has been turned into a huge business for the many. In order to make the development process easy, Google has introduced its own Android Studio for development of applications and games. Now, if you have a passion to develop an app/game for your android device you can do it easily by learning a little bit of Java language.
