Expand your app beyond mobile to reach Android users at large
Posted by Sameer Samat, Vice President, Platforms & Ecosystems From day one, we designed Android to be a flexible, adaptive platform. Most people picture a smartphone when they think of Android, but Android also powers an amazing number of large-screen devices. In fact, there are more than 175 million Android tablets with the Google Play store, 1 making Android tablets a vital form factor for Google and our OEM partners today. Android apps also run on Chrome OS laptops , and the number of monthly active users who enabled Android apps grew 250% in just the last year. 2 Here at Google, we’re excited to see how you can take advantage of large-screen formats - including Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S6 , the upcoming Lenovo™ Smart Tab M8 with Google Assistant, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Fold, and other devices launching this week at IFA . Our OEM partners are building experiences that help users every day: From the start, Android was designed as a platform that could handle multiple scre...