{"id":652625,"date":"2013-04-16T10:54:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T14:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=631402"},"modified":"2013-04-16T10:54:35","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T14:54:35","slug":"android-on-track-for-1b-total-activations-later-this-year-google-chairman-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/652625","title":{"rendered":"Android on track for 1B total activations later this year, Google chairman says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of today, there are now 1.5 million Android devices being activated every day, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said Tuesday.\u00a0That&#8217;s led to more than 750 million Android phones currently in use. But he said the current rate of signups and phones being sold means Android devices in use &#8220;will cross 1 billion in six to nine months,&#8221; Schmidt said at the Dive into Mobile conference.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Android is by far the primary vehicle by which people are going to see smartphones,&#8221; he said.\u00a0It&#8217;s clear that while Android is growing, <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/06\/comscore-android-still-top-us-smartphone-os-but-iphone-top-smartphone-and-ios-gaining\/\">its rate of growth is plateauing a bit<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.paidcontent.org\/about\/news\/read\/22186274\/eric_schmidt\">Android activations were at 1.3 million per day<\/a> back in September 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt didn&#8217;t share\u00a0a lot more news about the current state of Android, but he did warn people to not assume too much about the future\u00a0with Sundar Pichai&#8217;s promotion to lead the Android group in addition to the Chrome business. He suggested the Android OS and the Chrome OS won&#8217;t be merging: &#8220;Don&#8217;t confuse organization design and product design,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also a big fan of creativity with Android. Regarding Facebook Home, which is a launcher that morphs the standard Android home screen, he said, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s fantastic. This is what open source is about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He tried to dispel the notion that Facebook is threatening Android on its own platform, but he maintained that Facebook is acting properly. &#8220;They read the manual, they read the rules and they adhered to them. 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