Google announces Android milestone

Google Inc said on Wednesday its Android operating system had reached a milestone by powering 2 billion monthly active devices around the world. Dave Burke, Google’s vice-president of engineering, said that Android has the largest reach of any computing platform of its kind. Designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices, Android was first unveiled in 2007. It is estimated that it is now the operating system for more than 80 percent of the world’s smartphones. With its latest version released in August 2016, Android has been claimed by Google officials to be “across all screens”. Its reach includes watches, cars, television sets, internet of things products and additionally it provides many of the chromebooks sold to junior schools in the United States.