When Google unveiled Project Treble back in 2017, the search giant promised Android device manufacturers would find it “easier, faster, and less costly” to push major software updates to their phones, thus helping reduce the scourge of fragmentation we’ve all been complaining about for a very long time.

Android 9.0 accounts for 22.6 percent of the ecosystem

In comparison, Google is pointing out Android 8.0 hadn’t even crossed the 9 percent mark on the eve of the Android Pie release in late July 2018. Of course, it’s probably not fair to ignore the 8.1 version, but even if we combine the figures of both Oreo flavors from August 2018, we only get a total share of 14.6 percent. Looking further back to when Treble was announced, Android Nougat sat at a combined share of 13.5 percent for OS builds 7.0 and 7.1 in early August 2017, jumping to 15.8 percent a month later.

Clearly, Android Pie is spreading at a faster pace than its forerunners, and Treble has no doubt made this progress possible, overhauling the Android architecture to help OEMs develop and deliver software updates more quickly and frequently than ever before. That includes beta and stable releases, both of which have made great strides in recent years. 

Expect a bunch of Android 10 updates by the end of the year

Interestingly, Google says many other manufacturers have committed to bringing polished Android 10 goodies to “some of their devices” by the end of 2019. This extensive and very eclectic group includes everyone from Samsung to LG, Motorola, Sony, Asus, Oppo, Realme, Sharp, Transsion, and Vivo. Many of these companies only started pushing Android Pie makeovers to “some of their devices” in 2019, which means they’re all stepping up their game in close collaboration with Google.