Android surpasses Windows as world's most used operating system

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The statistics for the month of February already pointed out, and finally during the month of March there has been sorpasso: Android has surpassed Windows as the most po[CENSORED]r operating system in the world, at least in terms of Internet usage. This is announced today in a statement StatCounter, the company dedicated to the measurement of statistics and web analytics globally.

In last month's StatCounter report we could already see that Google's mobile operating system challenged the all-powerful Windows and was only 1.2% of the Internet usage fee. The trend of recent months has been with a slight decline in users of Microsoft's operating system and a progressive increase of Android, which has allowed us to reach a point that the global statistics portal defines as "a milestone In the history of technology and the end of an era. "

According to the results of the report for the month of March 2017, in terms of total Internet use through desktop computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones, Android imposes a fee of 37.93%, while Windows Is in second place with 37.91%.

The gap between them is minimal, but StatCounter CEO Aodhan Cullen says it "marks the end of Microsoft's leadership in the worldwide operating systems market that has been in place since the 1980s. It also represents A breakthrough for Android, which had a share of only 2.4% five years ago. "

This milestone has been possible thanks to the increase in the use of the Internet in the mobile, which already surpassed that of the computer at the end of 2016, the decline in sales of traditional PCs and the impact of Asia on the world market, where the operating system For Google mobile has a great weight due to access from the smartphone.

However, Windows still boasts world leadership in desktop operating systems, with an internet usage quota of 84, 34%, with a large advantage over OS X, which is in second place with a share of 11 , 68%.