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The latest Android distribution chart looks just as bad as the one from last month, with Nougat in the lead, Marshmallow in second place, and Oreo at only 5.7 percent.
Google forgot to revise the Android distribution chart last month, now reporting some massive growth for Oreo compared to February numbers.
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It's now easy and natural to get things done for native Hindi speakers on Android phones running Marshmallow, Nougat or Oreo without using their hands, thanks to Google Assistant.
The December 2017 Android distribution numbers are in, and version 8.0 Oreo still can't rival the prevalence of Marshmallow, Lollipop, KitKat or Jelly Bean.
The newest Android distribution chart is the first to include 8.0 Oreo, at just 0.2 percent share, with Nougat gaining 2 percent over the past 30 days.
With Oreo not in yet, Nougat continues to trail Marshmallow and Lollipop's Android distribution scores, at least making the podium for the first time.
There's little to be happy about in Google's latest Android distribution report. Nougat has crossed the 10-percent milestone, but it still trails KitKat.
We may finally see Nougat break into double-digit Android distribution territory...next month. For now, 7.0 and 7.1's combined share is 7.1 percent.
This month in Android distribution news: Nougat continues its slow rise to Jelly Bean-beating numbers, while Lollipop is still number one.
How ridiculous is it that officially unlocked Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge models stateside are now receiving OTA March security patches applied over Marshmallow?
More and more Android Nougat and Marshmallow-powered phones have Google Assistant interaction on the way, but tablets are still left out.
2.8 percent is still a small piece of the pie for 7.0 and 7.1 Nougat, but at least it's much bigger than 1.2 percent in previous Android distribution data.
Forget Pixels or the LG G6. "Hundreds of millions" of Android users should enjoy Google Assistant support soon on Marshmallow and Nougat phones.
The Android distribution chart for February 2017 includes month-to-month Marshmallow growth, Lollipop prevalence, and Nougat disappointment.
OxygenOS 3.5.5 lacks Android 7.0 Nougat goodies, but it's still a very important incremental update for the aging OnePlus 2.
Originally launched back in the fall of 2015 with humble software and hardware onboard, AT&T's ZTE ZMax 2 now jumps on the Marshmallow bandwagon.
Most of you probably don't remember the low-end, low-key LG Leon, but T-Mobile isn't ready to completely leave it behind just yet in terms of software.
Several months after unlocked, T-Mobile and AT&T variants of the BlackBerry Priv have received Marshmallow, Verizon finally follows suit.
"Only" 60 percent of the world's iDevices run iOS 10 as of October 25, which Apple's CEO didn't forget to compare to Android Nougat adoption.
It's small, ancient and low-end by today's standards, but the Samsung Galaxy S5 mini nonetheless earns its official Marshmallow stripes today.
It's early in a way, although very late in a much more literal way. Here comes Android 6.0 Marshmallow's first stable build for the OnePlus X.
Finally, the one year-old OnePlus X is days away from embracing the one year-old Android Marshmallow. And Nougat for the OnePlus 3 isn't far away either.
The original Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 LTE on Verizon, commercially launched back in 2014, moves from Android Lollipop to Marshmallow now.
