Who Owns the Android Operating System?

Who Owns the Android Operating System?
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Is Samsung owned by Android?

According to Neil Mawston at Strategy Analytics, Samsung captured almost 95 percent of all Android profits in the first quarter of 2013.

It pulled in $5.1 billion, leaving only $200 million for LG, Motorola (which, let’s not forget, is owned by Google), HTC, Sony, Huawei, ZTE, and several others to fight over.

What Android version is current?

Android 6.0-6.0.1, Marshmallow: October 5, 2015 (initial release) Android 7.0-7.1.2, Nougat: August 22, 2016 (initial release) Android 8.0-8.1, Oreo: August 21, 2017 (initial release) Android 9.0, Pie: August 6, 2018.

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