After less than nine years, Google's open source operating system is bigger than Windows. The numbers from last month placed Windows at 38.6% of web traffic, while Android was just behind it at 37.4%.

Still, the operating system trends have been clear since 2012. Windows is falling, while Linux-based Android is rising. If Android isn't really more popular by now, it will be shortly.

Android is set to overtake Windows as most used operating system Microsoft Windows holds the slimmest of margins over Android, and they could trade positions very soon if current trends continue.

Android has become the most popular operating system on the Internet, taking the first place from Microsoft's Windows for the first time, according to analytics firm StatCounter.

A clear reminder of that comes with news of a report claiming that Google's Android has overtaken Windows as the internet's most used operating system.

Android has passed Windows as the most-used operating system online, according to StatCounter. The milestone is based on total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet, and mobile combined.

Google's Android has overtaken Microsoft Windows for the first time as the world's most popular operating system in terms of total internet usage across desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile combined.

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