Weekly poll results: most of you are on Android 16 already | Infinium-tech

In early December, Google reported that Android 16 usage was low. However, our tech-savvy audience is ahead and the majority of people who voted in last week’s poll are running version 16 on their phones.

For some (7%), it’s because they recently bought a new phone and it came with Android 16. However, the majority of voters (55%) received version 16 as an update.

About a third of voters are still on the older version – either because they’re still waiting (some brands take longer than others) or because support for their phone has ended.

There is an interesting part of people around 5% who are knowingly stuck with the older version of Android. As for the reasons, they say it is because some updates may remove features, degrade performance or introduce unwanted UI changes.

What we saw in the comments is that many people feel that the pace of innovation has slowed down and that not much has changed in recent Android versions. This is another reason why some people don’t feel pressured to move to a new OS version.

Although it was not an option in the poll, we saw some people in the comments running Android 16 thanks to a custom ROM. As Android matured and manufacturer-specific UIs added more customization options, custom ROMs went out of fashion – but they’re not extinct yet! However, the increasing number of devices with locked bootloaders poses a threat to the future of custom ROMs.