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Android is an open source, Linux-based operating system primarily designed for touchscreen mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. It uses touch-based gestures for navigation and has over 1 million apps available via the Google Play store. As of 2014, there were over 1 billion active monthly Android users worldwide, making it the most widely used operating system. Android's source code is released under open source licenses, though most devices include proprietary Google software and services. It has become popular for its customizability and low cost in powering mobile and other electronic devices.

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Android

Android is an open source, Linux-based operating system primarily designed for touchscreen mobile devices like smartphones and tablets. It uses touch-based gestures for navigation and has over 1 million apps available via the Google Play store. As of 2014, there were over 1 billion active monthly Android users worldwide, making it the most widely used operating system. Android's source code is released under open source licenses, though most devices include proprietary Google software and services. It has become popular for its customizability and low cost in powering mobile and other electronic devices.

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Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed

by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily
for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user
interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear). The
OS uses touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions, like swiping, tapping, pinching,
and reverse pinching to manipulate on-screen objects, and a virtual keyboard. Despite being
primarily designed for touchscreen input, it also has been used in game consoles, digital cameras,
regular PCs (e.g. the HP Slate 21) and other electronics.
As of July 2013 the Google Play store has had over one million Android applications ("apps")
published, and over 50 billion applications downloaded. [11] A developer survey conducted in April
May 2013 found that 71% of mobile developers develop for Android.[12] At Google I/O 2014, the
company revealed that there were over one billion active monthly Android users, up from 538 million
in June 2013.[13] As of 2015, Android has the largest installed base of all general-purpose operating
systems.
Android's source code is released by Google under open source licenses, although most Android
devices ultimately ship with a combination of open source and proprietary software, including
proprietary software developed and licensed by Google. [3] Initially developed by Android, Inc., which
Google backed financially and later bought in 2005,[14] Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the
founding of the Open Handset Alliancea consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication
companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.[15]
Android is popular with technology companies which require a ready-made, low-cost and
customizable operating system for high-tech devices.[16] Android's open nature has encouraged a
large community of developers and enthusiasts to use the open-source code as a foundation for
community-driven projects, which add new features for advanced users [17] or bring Android to devices
which were officially released running other operating systems. The operating system's success has
made it a target for patent litigation as part of the so-called "smartphone wars" between technology
companies.[18][19]

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