Android 17 runs on 0.9% of active Android devices, according to Google’s latest distribution data. That’s about four months after it reached Pixel phones in June. Android 16 is now the single most-used version, at 25.4%.
9to5Google dates this data to October 19. It says Android 16 stood at 7.5% in Google’s previous update, published around the turn of the year.
Android version share, October 2026
- Android 17: 0.9%
- Android 16: 25.4%
- Android 15: 14.7%
- Android 14: 15.3%
- Android 13: 11.8%
- Android 12: 9.6%
- Android 11: 10.5%
- Android 10: 5.7%
- Android 9: 3.1%
- Android 8.1: 1.5%
- Android 8.0: 0.5%
Android 7.1 and older add up to the remaining 0.9%.
Why Android 17’s share is still so small
Android 17 reached Pixels first, in June. Samsung’s wide rollout of One UI 9, its Android 17 update, only started in recent weeks. 9to5Google thinks those Galaxy phones probably aren’t counted in this data yet.
That rollout now reaches cheaper Galaxy models too, such as the Galaxy A35, A17 and M17 in India. Google’s next data update should show how much Samsung moves Android 17’s share.
Older versions still hold a big share
Android 11 still runs on 10.5% of devices. That’s more than Android 12, at 9.6%. Android 14 and Android 15 sit close together, at 15.3% and 14.7%.
Taken together, Android 15 and every older version still run on about three in four active devices. For security, a phone’s version number matters less than whether its maker still ships patches for it. Pixel phones on Android 17, for example, already have October’s security patch.
Sources: Google’s Android distribution data, 9to5Google
