Android Oreo

Android Oreo (<a href="/facts/Code_name/MRq0mo4b">codenamed</a> Android O during development) is the eighth major release and the 15th version of the <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> <a href="/facts/Mobile_operating_system/wysBVca1">mobile operating system</a>. 
It was initially unveiled as an <a href="/facts/Alpha_quality/z4Q4RElA">alpha quality</a> developer preview in March 2017 and later made available to the public, on August 21, 2017.
It contains a number of major features, including notification channels, <a href="/facts/Picture-in-picture/Lj69FSWt">picture-in-picture</a> support for video, performance improvements, and battery usage optimization, and support for <a href="/facts/Autofill/LKHU8xtC">autofillers</a>, <a href="/facts/Bluetooth_5/sWAjpMrj">Bluetooth 5</a>, system-level integration with <a href="/facts/VoIP/5QGBbXYg">VoIP</a> apps, wide <a href="/facts/Color_gamut/bRQc2fCr">color gamuts</a>, and <a href="/facts/Wi-Fi_Aware/wLKqvvJW">Wi-Fi Aware</a>. Android Oreo also introduces two major platform features: <a href="/facts/Android_Go/jbGwIQVS">Android Go</a> – a software distribution of the operating system for low-end devices – and support for implementing a <a href="/facts/Hardware_abstraction_layer/9duTocz5">hardware abstraction layer</a>.
As of January 2025, Android Oreo (which has ceased receiving security updates as of October 2021) ran on a combined 3.09% of Android devices (2.01% on Android 8.0 and 1.08% on Android 8.1).

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Android Oreo