It is the largest installed base among various mobile platforms across the globe. Hundreds of millions of mobile devices are powered by Android in more than 190 countries of the world. It conquered around 71% of the global market share by the end of 2021, and this trend is growing bigger every other day.
In September 2008, the first Android-powered device was launched in the market. Android dominates the mobile OS industry because of the long list of features it provides. It’s user-friendly, has huge community support, provides a greater extent of customization, and a large number of companies build Android-compatible smartphones.
Android is an Open Source Project so we can customize the OS based on our requirements.
Android supports different types of connectivity for GSM, CDMA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. for telephonic conversation or data transfer.
Android has an integrated open-source WebKit layout-based web browser to support User Interfaces like HTML5, and CSS3.
Android supports multi-tasking means we can run multiple applications at a time and can switch between them.
It supports multimedia hardware control to perform playback or recording using a camera and microphone.