Android New Year Roundup

Ken Baldauf

Senior Software Engineer

@ Originate

2018 by the Numbers

• ~1.48 Billion Smartphones Sold
• Fall of Samsung; Rise of Huawei

2018 by the Numbers

2018 by the Numbers

• Version Distribution as of October 26 2018
• ~3.5% below KitKat (10-18)
• ~71% Marshmallow & above (23-27)
• ~21.5% Oreo (26 & 27)
• Pie is MIA :(

2018 Highlights

• Notch support
• Android App Bundle
• Android Jetpack
• AndroidX
  • Cleaned up support libraries
  • Semantic versioning

A Look Ahead

• July 18, 2018
• EU's $5 billion anti-trust lawsuit
• No longer able to:
  • Force Google Search + Chrome
  • Prevent more Fire OS phones
• October 29, 2018
• Added licensing fee for Play Store

A Look Ahead

A Look Ahead

• January 17, 2019
• Fossil's smartwatch tech for $40 Million
• Pixel Watch???

A Look Ahead

• Fuchsia OS
• Expected to run on:
  • embedded systems
  • smart phones
  • tablets
  • computers
• Leverages Flutter
• Will run Android apps

Questions?