LineageOS is currently installed on 1,5 million Android devices

Η προσαρμοσμένη σκηνή ROM για συσκευές Android δεν είναι σχεδόν αυτό που ήταν κάποτε, αλλά μέχρι σήμερα, 1,5 εκατομμύρια συσκευές τρέχουν επί του παρόντος στο LineageOS.

LineageOS is the successor project to the once great CyanogenMod, with the custom ROM having debuted its first versions in 2016 and still running today. LineageOS is available in a variety of different devices from different Android brands including Google, Fairphone, Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi και άλλων. Διατηρεί ακόμη και ορισμένες γνωστές μάρκες, όπως η Essential και η LG.

But how popular is LineageOS Really?

That's a question we have an answer to, thanks to a recent podcast episode.

David Imel of MKBHD's WVFRM podcast sat down with members of the LineageOS team recently for a special episode that looked at the history of custom ROMs on Android. The episode is a great watch/listen, but a statistic In particular, what caught our attention was that LineageOS is currently installed on around 1,5 million devices. There's no word on how active these devices are, what they're made of, or how many different users this entails, but it's the first look we've had in a while at just how popular LineageOS really is in a world where ROMs just they are not as popular or necessary as they once were.

You can tune in the whole episode below.