Android Pie

Android Pie
Version of the Android operating system
	Android Pie home screen with Pixel Launcher
Developer	Google
General; availability	August 6, 2018
Final release	9.0.0_r76 (PSV1.210329.021) / January 4, 2022
Final preview	P Beta 4 / Developer Preview 5 (PPP5.180610.010) / August 25, 2018
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Preceded by	Android 8.1 "Oreo"
Succeeded by	Android 10
Official website	www.android.com/versions/pie-9-0/
Support status
	Unsupported as of January 4, 2022

Android Pie (codenamed Android P during development), also known as Android 9 (API 28) is the ninth major release and the 16th version of the Android mobile operating system. It was first released as a developer preview on March 7, 2018, and was released publicly on August 6, 2018.

On August 6, 2018, Google officially announced the final release of Android 9 under the title "Pie", with the update initially available for current Google Pixel devices, and releases for Android One devices and others to follow "later this year". The Essential Phone was the first third-party Android device to receive an update to Pie, notably coming day-and-date with its final release.^[2]^[3] The Sony Xperia XZ3 was the first device with Android Pie pre-installed.^[4]

As of April 2024, 5.66% of all Android devices ran Android Pie, whose final security update was released on January 4, 2022.^[5]^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Android Source". Google Git. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^ Welch, Chris (August 6, 2018). "The Essential Phone is being upgraded to Android 9 Pie on the same day as Google's Pixels". The Verge. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
^ Bohn, Dieter (August 6, 2018). "Android 9 Pie is available for Google Pixel phones today". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
^ "Sony Xperia XZ3 unveiled: Big, curved OLED display!". GSMArena. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
^ "Mobile & Tablet Android Version Market Share Worldwide". StatCounter Global Stats. Archived from the original on April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

[Android_Source-1] "Android Source". Google Git. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

[2] Welch, Chris (August 6, 2018). "The Essential Phone is being upgraded to Android 9 Pie on the same day as Google's Pixels". The Verge. Archived from the original on April 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.

[3] Bohn, Dieter (August 6, 2018). "Android 9 Pie is available for Google Pixel phones today". The Verge. Archived from the original on August 10, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2019.

[4] "Sony Xperia XZ3 unveiled: Big, curved OLED display!". GSMArena. Archived from the original on August 30, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[5] "Mobile & Tablet Android Version Market Share Worldwide". StatCounter Global Stats. Archived from the original on April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

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