Overview
- Google’s October 19 distribution snapshot shows Android 17 on about 1% of active devices while Android 16 has grown to just over 25%.
- Android 17 first reached Pixel phones in June, so the release has been publicly available for roughly four months.
- Major manufacturers such as Samsung only began broad Android 17 rollouts in the weeks before the October snapshot, so those deployments are likely not fully reflected in the 1% figure.
- Older releases remain common: Android 11 still holds a double-digit share and Android 12 sits near 9.6%, and Google removed very low-share Android 5 from the public breakdown.
- The slow early uptake highlights persistent Android fragmentation that affects which users get new features and security fixes, and adoption should accelerate as OEM and carrier updates reach more devices.