The Android platform numbering 1.4 billion active users

Since 2007, Apple has sold more than 1 billion iOS devices, Microsoft aims Windows 10 to reach 1 billion devices by 2018, while Google has long set the difference through its operating system Android.

This operating system already owns 1.4 billion active users. This figure is 400 million greater than that reported in June 2014 and 900 million in the largest mid-2013.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed this new record during the event held Tuesday. He added that the majority of Android users coming from emerging markets like Vietnam and Indonesia. Android has encountered a real success and when it comes to adopting Android for Work, a product that comes as part of Google's effort to provide a safer experience and manageable office surroundings.

The success of Android owes a large number of smartphones sold by Samsung and HTC. Analytical firm Gartner recently reported that sales of Android smartphones increased by 11% last year, this is the smallest increase in the volume of sales in the past 6 years. China remains the largest market of Android devices, but Apple's iPhone is diminishing the Android market. Despite all this, the number of active users of Android, make this system the Google ecosystem largest worldwide. Let's see how it will affect the debut of Android Marshmallow record set so far.