The Android 16 operating system was released on June 10, 2025. With Google taking various measures to improve the upgrade speed of operating systems of various brands, statistics show that Android 16 accounted for 7.5% as of December 1, 2025, which is better than the result (4.5%) half a year after the launch of Android 15.
What is the proportion of the latest historical version of the Android operating system? Which mobile phones and tablets have been upgraded to Android 16? The following is an explanation and analysis:
The stable version of Android 16 has been released for more than half a year. Google announced that Android 16 accounts for 7.5%. Although there is still a long way to go with the update speed of iOS, it has been improved compared to only 4.5% half a year after the launch of Android 15. The following is a summary video and detailed description of the latest historical version of the Android operating system and the list of models that have been upgraded to Android 16:
1. Proportion of the latest historical versions of the Android operating system:
according to9to5googleTaken from the latest statistics released by Google Android Studio on 2025/12/1, Android 16 accounts for 7.5%, Android 15 has accounted for 19.3%, becoming the version with the highest proportion currently, followed by Android 14 at 17.2%, Android 13 at 13.9%, Android 11 at 13.7%, Android 12 at 11.4%, Android 10 at 7.8%, Android 4.5% of Android 9 and 2.3% of Android 8.1. Among them, Android 4.4 KitKat has been removed from the support list.
Compared with Android 15, which only accounted for 4.5% in the first half of the year after its release, Android 16’s share increased to 7.5% in the first half of the year. In addition to Google’s own Pixel phone support, the main reason should be that Samsung targeted the Galaxy S25 series (S25, S25+, S25 Ultra, S25 Edg) on September 15, 2025 and the Galaxy S24 in October 2025. Series (S24, S24+, S24 Ultra) users push the stable version of One UI 8 based on Android 16.
2. Which mobile phones and tablets have been upgraded to Android 16?
Since the Android operating system is an extremely open ecosystem, and each Android camp manufacturer has its own UI (such as Samsung One UI, Xiaomi HyperOS, OPPO ColorOS…), different regions (such as the Chinese version and the international version) need to carry out adaptation optimization and testing, as well as the verification process of telecom operators in various countries, resulting in the push of operating system updates often being delayed for several months.
Various Android mobile phone manufacturers including Google, Samsung, OPPO, vivo, Xiaomi, Realme, Sharp, Asus, MOTO, SONY… have successively released Android 16 upgrade notices for recently launched mobile phone and tablet models. Currently, nearly a hundred models are known as shown in the table below. For actual upgrade notices, please contact the Taiwan official website of each brand.
Due to the longer replacement cycle of people, various brands are expected to upgrade the devices to Android 16 for a complete list of devices [This article】。
Source: KOCPC Chinese