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What company owns the Android OS?

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The Android operating system was developed by Google (GOOGL​) for use in all of its touchscreen devices, tablets, and cell phones. This operating system was first developed by Android, Inc., a software company located in Silicon Valley before it was acquired by Google in 2005

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Android is a free and open source operating system for mobile devices. While Google provides corporate backing for the project, they do not own it or require money from manufacturers when they put the software in devices.

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There is no phone known as 'the android' the actual OS is known as android.

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Google did not build Android. Linux is the rightful owner of Android. Linux built the operating system.

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Android is developed by Google Inc. It is an operating system commonly found on smartphones and tablets.

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Well, if I talk about currently then Google Inc. owns Android.

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