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# Android Updates and the Lowest Bars Possible
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/android-updates-and-the-lowest-bars-possible/
- Published: 2018-11-15T19:17:10.000Z
- Updated: 2018-11-15T19:17:10.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Android, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[Android Developers Blog: An Update on Project Treble](https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/11/an-update-on-project-treble.html?m=1&ref=birchtree.me)

> Thanks to Treble, we expect to see more devices from OEMs running Android 9 Pie at the end of 2018 as compared to the number of devices that were running Android Oreo at the end of 2017\. 

It's worth noting that Oreo was on [0.5% of devices in December 2017](https://www.xda-developers.com/december-2017-android-distribution-numbers/?ref=birchtree.me) and [0.7% in January 2018](https://www.xda-developers.com/androids-distribution-numbers-for-january-2018-shows-oreo-at-0-7/?ref=birchtree.me). Sure, they're on pace to hit at least 0.8% by the end of the year, but that's after Pie will be 4 months old, that's not exactly the accelerated upgrade pattern I think we expected.

As of today, Android Pie still does not have enough usage to register on [Google’s distribution dashboard.](https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards/?ref=birchtree.me)