Android in 2025: Winners, Losers, and Future Challenges
In 2025, Android OEMs had varied performances, with HMD Global and realme offering modest innovations but limited market impact, Sony and Motorola showing mixed results, vivo and Nothing facing availability and reputation issues, HONOR and Xiaomi making notable strides, OPPO and Google experiencing both high points and setbacks, and Samsung leading with significant hardware advancements, while no brand achieved a perfect year, leading to a collective call for improvement in 2026.