Devices fragmentation is one of a key challenge that mobile development teams face with every new release of Mobile OS and hardware. To overcome this challenge, QASource Mobile QA Group researched statistics from various sources: Statista, IDC, comScore, Gartner and brings Mobicast newsletter for quarter 3 highlighting the latest trend in market share of Mobile OS, versions and vendors. We welcome your inputs to these knowledge updates and would be happy to take this as a continuous discussion to help our community.
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Smartphone Operating Systems, Global vs US
Android OS versions
iOS versions
Smartphone Vendors, Global vs US
News Flash
Open-source Automation Tools release updates are:
- Calabash-Android released a newer version 0.8.2
Download link | Release notes - Calabash-iOS released a newer version 0.20.3
Download link | Release notes - Appium released a newer version 1.5.3
Download link | Release notes
Mobile OS release updates are:
- Apple released a newer iOS version 10.0.2 (build 14A456)
Download link | Release notes
* iOS version 10.0.2 links are accessible using Apple Developer account only - Google released a newer Android Nougat version (Developer Preview 7.1)
Download link | Release notes - Microsoft released a newer Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14926 for PC and Mobile
Download link | Release notes
Mobile OS SDK release updates are:
- Apple released a newer Xcode version 8
Download link | Release notes - Android SDK packages revisions are:
- SDK Platform 23.3 - SDK Tools 25.2.2 - SDK Platform-tools 24.0.3 - SDK Build-tools 24.0.2
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