Google's latest Android distribution figures are out and they reveal a rather slow start for Android 17. Despite rolling out to Pixel phones around four months ago, the latest Android version currently runs on just 1% of active Android devices.
Android 17 Has Reached Just 1% of Active Devices
According to the latest distribution data shared by German publication heise.de through Android Studio, Android 17 accounts for just 1% of active Android devices as of October 19, 2026.
The update first arrived on eligible Google Pixel phones in June, giving it roughly four months to reach more devices. Surprisingly, even Android 8.1 Oreo has a larger adoption share than the latest release.
There is, however, some context to these numbers. Major manufacturers like Samsung have only started rolling out their Android 17-based software updates over the past few weeks.
The Android 17-based One UI 9 stable update rolled out for the Samsung Galaxy M47 very recently. Then, the Nothing OS 5.0 stable update was released for the Nothing Phone 4a and 3a series as well. Third-party OEMs are certainly getting the latest Android at a decent pace.
However, many of these devices are unlikely to be reflected in the current figures, which could explain the low adoption rate.
That said, the numbers show that Android 17 still has a long way to go before it reaches a sizeable portion of the Android user base.
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Android 16 Is Now the Most Popular Android Version
Meanwhile, Android 16 has made considerable progress since its last appearance in Google's distribution figures. It now accounts for 25.4% of active Android devices, up from 7.5% in December 2025, when Google released the previous distribution snapshot.
Android 14 comes next with a 15.3% share, followed closely by Android 15 at 14.7%. Older releases continue to have a notable presence, with Android 13 accounting for 11.8% devices, Android 11 holding 10.5% and Android 12 making up another 9.6%.
Here's a closer look at the Android version distribution as of October 2026:
- Android 16: 25.4%
- Android 14: 15.3%
- Android 15: 14.7%
- Android 13: 11.8%
- Android 11: 10.5%
- Android 12: 9.6%
- Android 17: 1%
The figures show that 56.4% of active Android devices are now running Android 14 or newer versions. However, that still leaves 43.6% of devices on Android 13 or older versions, highlighting the platform's ongoing fragmentation.
Google has also dropped Android 5 (Lollipop) from its latest distribution data. Its newer Android 5.1 release, meanwhile, accounts for just 0.2% of active devices.
It's worth noting that these figures aren't based on a real-time survey of every Android smartphone. Google no longer publishes a regularly updated public distribution chart and instead makes cumulative adoption data available through Android Studio.
The latest estimates cover devices that accessed the Google Play Store over seven days.
With Android 17 updates only beginning to reach more third-party smartphones, it will be interesting to see how much its adoption improves in the next distribution update.
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