Google has updated its <a href="https://myappsplus.com/i-tested-the-7-most-popular-android-launchers/” title=”I tested the 7 most popular Android launchers”>Android distribution numbers with the latest update showing that Android 17 is on just 1% of devices, while Android 16 now makes up the biggest slice of the pie.
Updated as of October 19, Google’s latest Android distribution numbers offer a peek into the rollout speed of Android 17. Having released to Pixel phones in June, the update has been available for roughly four months.
At this point, though, Android 17 makes up just 1% of active Android devices, Google’s data shows.
That’s compared to over 25% for Android 16, which released last year. Android 16 was on 7.5% of devices in Google’s last update in December 2025/January 2026, which landed several months after Google released the update. The timing here requires context, as major players like Samsung have only started widely rolling out their Android 17 updates in the past few weeks and are very unlikely to be included in this 1%.
The growth of Android 16 is pretty impressive, too, as older versions tend to be still be more widely in use at this point in the schedule, but Android 16 has managed to consolidate quite a bit.
Google dropped Android 5 (Lollipop) from its data with this update, with Android 5.1 making up just 0.2% of active devices. Android 11, for reasons unclear, still holds over 10%, while Android 12 has dropped to 9.6%. Android 11 has had a higher share in the past few updates.
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