| Version of the Android operating system | |
 | |
 Android Pie home screen with Pixel Launcher | |
| Developer | |
|---|---|
| General availability | August 6, 2018 |
| Final release | 9.0.0_r76 (PSV1.210329.021)[1] / 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 |
| Support status | |
| Unsupported as of January 4, 2022[1] | |
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]
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