New Year brings an opportunity for Engineering teams to update their OS/Platform/Device testing matrix as per market usage trends. Fall 2017 had witnessed releases of newer versions of Apple and Android operating systems. As a result, Winter 2018 is witnessing a shift in usage trends of Smartphones. In this newsletter, we bring to you the latest trends in market usage of Smartphone Operating Systems, their manufacturers and information about newer releases of Mobile engineering tools.
MobiCast - Winter 2018
Smartphone Operating Systems, Global vs US
Android OS Versions
iOS Versions
Smartphone Manufacturers, Global vs US
News Flash
Open-source automation tools release updates:
- Calabash-Android released a new version 0.9.2
Download link | Release notes - Calabash-iOS released a new version 0.21.4
Download link | Release notes - Appium released a new version 1.7.2
Download link | Release notes
Mobile OS release updates:
- Apple released a new iOS version 11.2.5 beta 4 (build 15D5054a)
Download link | Release notes* iOS version 11.2.5 links are accessible using an Apple Developer account only - Google released a new version Android 8.1 (Oreo)
Download link | Release notes - Microsoft released a new Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15254.1 for Mobile
Download link | Release notes
Mobile SDK release updates:
- Apple released a new Xcode version 9.2 (build 9C40b)
Download link | Release notes* iOS version 9.2 links are accessible using an Apple Developer account only - Google released a new Android Studio version 3.0.1
Download link | Release notes

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