The update Android 15 made its appearance in October 2024 on Pixel smartphones. Usually manufacturers update their recent update smartphones in the following weeks.
This was the case for some but others, like Samsunghave experienced delays. The interface One UI 7which is based on Android 15, has experienced a particularly long development and marked by a hiccup at its launch.
Android 15, a version still very rare 7 months after its launch
Various problems have been identified, forcing to break the deployment. When he has just resumed, Google has updated the distribution of the different versions, which the firm had not done for almost a year.
It appears that Android 15 was only present on 4,5% des smartphones Having access to the Google Play Store on April 1, 2025. You can therefore feel privileged if your smartphone is equipped with it.
-The main reason for this low deployment comes from the delay in deploying the Samsung One UI 7 interface which must equip tens of millions of mobile devices and bring up the statistics.
Android 14 still largely in the majority
The most represented Android version therefore remains for the moment Android 14 (27.4% of equipped smartphones), followed byAndroid 13 (16.8%). Android 15, however, will find it difficult to pierce while his successor, Android 16must arrive earlier this year, perhaps from June on Pixel smartphones and on the devices of other brands afterwards.
Behind, Android 12, 11 and 10 are resisting by always being present on more than 10% each of the devices passed by the Google Play Store. Even further, Android 9 is more represented than Android 15 with 5.8% presence while the older versions Android 6 to 8 only cover only between 0.7 and 3% of the devices.
