1. Google Did not Made Android
Nowadays Google and Android are synonymous with each other, but you may be surprised to find out that was not always that case. Android was founded in 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. The founders had strong ties to T-Mobile. Andy Rubin created the ultra-popular T-Mobile sidekick, and Nick Sears was vice president at T-Mobile. So you can see why T-Mobile landed the first Android phone.
It wasn't until 2005 that Google acquired Android Inc. Rubin, Miner and White all stayed with Android through the acquisition. Together they developed what we now know as the Android OS. In fact Rubin's nickname is where the name "Android" came from. Many people consider Android to be one of the Google's best acquisitions. 10 years after the acquisition Android has ballooned to control 85% of the smartphone OS market share.
2. First Android Prototype was Looked like a Blackberry
Many people believe that if it wasn't for the iPhone the first Android device would have looked drastically different. In 2007, before Apple showed off the original iPhone, the first Android prototype was floating around. The device called "Sooner" had a portrait keyboard, call and end buttons, track pad, and no touchscreen. The Android UI even resembled the blackberry interface.
Then the iPhone was announced. It had no physical keyboard, a big display for the time, and a revolutionary touchscreen interface. The blackberry - esque prototype never came to market. We can't say for certain that the iPhone had many effect on Google's version for Android, but it wouldn't be out of the question.
3. It Controls 88% of the World's Smartphone Market
According to latest numbers released by market research firm Strategy Analytics, Android's global smartphone market share in Q3 2016 stood at around 88%, up from the 84.1% figure reported in the same period last year.
Apple's IOS, meanwhile, lost some of its market share - it's now 12.1%, down from the 13.6% share it claimed Q3 last year. Talking about smartphone shipments, Android phones saw an Y-o-Y growth of 10.3% while iOS saw a decline of 5.2%.
4. Google Maps Calculate Traffic Through Android Devices !
Actually this is the most amazing fact that google calculates the traffic on roads in the rest of the world through moving android devices !. Due to large number of android devices in the world google calculates traffic for its maps through the number of moving android devices on the roads.
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