Within only one year, the share of the Android OS increased to almost two thirds of the market. Apple's iOS is the second most popular operating system in China, with a quarter of the share as of February 2017.

Is Apple or Android more popular in China?

In total, Apple captured 23 percent of the Chinese smartphone market in the fourth quarter of 2021, its highest ever market share in the country. The Chinese homegrown brands Vivo, Oppo, Honor, and Xiaomi took second, third, fourth, and fifth place, respectively.

Do they use Android in China?

Android is China's most popular mobile operating system, but, paradoxically, smartphones sold in China cannot have Google services pre-installed.