Android has been around for more than a decade now. Clearly, Google has been super successful with Androids devices. But behind this success, there are also various fun facts related to Android.
In this article, you will get to know about some of those fun facts.
7 Fun facts about Android devices
- Samsung could have been the owner of Android – Before approaching Google, the founder of Android, Andy Rubin approached Samsung to buy Android. However, Samsung didn’t take him seriously at all. Later, they called Rubin but it was too late by then.
- 88% of the smartphones around the world are Androids – We all know that Androids dominate the smartphone market. But this figure is still shocking, no wonder Android is so popular.
- Android was not developed by Google – Google is the one who made Android so famous. So some people think that Google is the creator of Android, but it is not true. Android was actually created by a team of six people, their head Andy Rubin approached Google and Google liked their pitch. So in the end, Google bought Android for 50 Million dollars.
- Smartphones are not the first thing Android OS was made for – Android was primarily made for Digital Cameras. However, in 2004 Android. inc decided to change its vision from cameras to smartphones and in 2005 Android inc. was acquired by Google.
- Android is based on Linux – Linux is a very popular open-source operating system. Very few people know that Android is based on that operating system.
- Many critics in 2008 thought Android will fail – Critics in 2008 thought that Android is not a very good concept and it would eventually fail. As we can see their judgment was completely wrong.
- Android is open-source – By open-source it means that anyone can see and change Android’s code. It is free to be configured for personal use. You can make an Android version for yourself. How cool is that!
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