Redigerer Android (avsnitt)

== Utbredelse ==
Per 2013 var Android det operativsystemet i verden som ble installert på flere apparater enn noe annet, og det har flere brukere enn [[Windows]], [[macOS]] og andre konkurrenter sammenlagt.<ref name="mahapatra1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/android-vs-ios-whats-most-popular-mobile-operating-system-your-country-1464892 |title=Android Vs. iOS: What’s The Most Popular Mobile Operating System In Your Country? |first=Lisa |last=Mahapatra |date=11. november 2013 |accessdate=30. januar 2014| language=Engelsk}}</ref><ref name="elmer1">{{cite news |url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/10/apple-android-kantar-comscore/ |title=Don't mistake Apple's market share for its installed base |publisher=CNN |first=Philip |last=Elmer-DeWitt |date=10. januar 2014 |accessdate=30. januar 2014 |language=Engelsk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130052343/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/10/apple-android-kantar-comscore/ |archivedate=2014-01-30 |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2014-01-30 |arkivurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130052343/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/10/apple-android-kantar-comscore/ |arkivdato=2014-01-30 |url-status=død }} {{Kilde www |url=http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/10/apple-android-kantar-comscore/ |tittel=Arkivert kopi |besøksdato=2015-02-14 |arkiv-dato=2014-01-30 |arkiv-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130052343/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2014/01/10/apple-android-kantar-comscore/ |url-status=unfit }}</ref><ref name="best_selling">{{cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/androids-share-of-the-computing-market-2014-3 |title=This Chart Shows Google's Incredible Domination Of The World's Computing Platforms |first=Jay |last=Yarow |date=28. mars 2014 |accessdate=23. april 2014| language=Engelsk}}</ref><ref name="sammobile1">{{cite web|url=http://www.sammobile.com/2014/05/01/samsung-sells-more-smartphones-than-all-major-manufacturers-combined-in-q1/ |title=Samsung sells more smartphones than all major manufacturers combined in Q1|accessdate=12. mai 2014| language=Engelsk}}</ref><ref name="more than Windows">{{cite web|url=http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2875017 |title=Gartner Says Sales of Tablets Will Represent Less Than 10 Percent of All Devices in 2014: Smartphones to Represent 71 Percent of the Global Mobile Phone Market in 2014: Android Device Shipments to Reach One Billion in Emerging Markets in 2015 |publisher=Gartner |date=15. oktober 2014 |accessdate=19. oktober 2014| language=Engelsk}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a |title=Global mobile statistics 2014 Part A: Mobile subscribers; handset market share; mobile operators |publisher=mobiThinking |date=mai 2014 |accessdate=9. september 2014 |language=Engelsk |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906115310/http://mobithinking.com/mobile-marketing-tools/latest-mobile-stats/a |url-status=dead }}</ref><!--950.5 (2014) + 793.6 (2013) + 500.1 (2012) + 121.0 (2013 tablet) + 53.3 (2012 tablet) = 2,418.5 millions (1,468 excluding 2014 estimate)-->, noe som tilsvarer omtrent samtlige [[Personlig datamaskin|PC]]-er som er i bruk i hele verden.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://readwrite.com/2013/12/10/smartphone-pcs-install-base-2014 |title=The Post-PC Era Begins In Earnest Next Year: In 2014, smartphones will most likely eclipse PCs in terms of the number of devices in use around the world |first=Dan |last=Rowinski |publisher=readwrite |date=10. desember 2013 |accessdate=9. september 2014| language=Engelsk}}</ref> Det finnes per september 2015 ca. 1.4 milliarder aktive Android-enheter.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/29/9409071/google-android-stats-users-downloads-sales|tittel=Android is now used by 1.4 billion people|besøksdato=2017-01-03|dato=2015-09-29|fornavn=James|etternavn=Vincent|verk=The Verge}}</ref><ref>{{Kilde avis|tittel=Google says there are now 1.4 billion active Android devices worldwide|avis=Android Central|url=http://www.androidcentral.com/google-says-there-are-now-14-billion-active-android-devices-worldwide|besøksdato=2017-01-03|dato=2015-09-29|arkivdato=2016-06-11|url-status=død|arkiv_url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611005459/http://www.androidcentral.com/google-says-there-are-now-14-billion-active-android-devices-worldwide}}</ref>

Navnet Andrew (Andy Rubin er født Andrew E. Rubin), og ordet Android deler røtter fra det greske ''andros'', som betyr mann. Andy Rubin valgte android.com som sin personlige nettside, og kollegaene hans brukte Android som kallenavnet hans på jobb. Det ble senere navnet på selskapet han grunnla, og navnet på operativsystemet de utviklet.<ref>{{Kilde www|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/3/19/4120208/why-andy-rubin-android-called-it-quits|tittel=Disconnect: why Andy Rubin and Android called it quits|besøksdato=2019-04-28|dato=2013-03-19|fornavn=Adrianne|etternavn=Jeffries|verk=The Verge}}</ref>