Comparison of mobile operating systems. This is a comparison of mobile operating systems. Only the latest versions are shown in the table below, even though older versions may still be marketed. About OSeditLegend. Yes. Beta. Limited. Tablet only. 3rd party. Watch Download Movies Online for Free, Watch Movies Online, Streaming Free Movies Online, New Movies, Hot Movies, Drama Movies, Lastest Movies. THIS is definitely an Ask Dan type of question that requires a BIG picture type of perspective and deep insight into all of these players. No. About OSFeature. Androidi. OSWindows 1. Mobile. Black. Berry 1. Tizen. Sailfish OSCompany. Open Handset Alliance. Apple Inc. Microsoft. Black. Berry Ltd. Reader comments Top 5 budget and personal finance apps for iPhone. Linux Foundation, Tizen Association, Samsung, Intel. Sailfish Alliance, Mer, Jolla and Sailfish community contributors. Market share18. NANANACurrent version. Current version release dates. August 2. 1, 2. 01. September 1. 9, 2. Source Insight Crackberry' title='Source Insight Crackberry' />August 8, 2. December 1. 2, 2. May 2. 0, 2. 01. 7 4 months ago 2. April 1. 1, 2. 01. License. Free and open source, but usually bundled with proprietary apps and drivers34Proprietary except for open source components. Proprietary. Proprietary. Free and open source, but the SDK is proprietary and closed source. Free and open source, but the UI is proprietary and closed source. OS family. Linux. Darwin. Windows 1. Mobile. QNXLinux. Linux. Supported CPU architecture. ARM, x. 86, MIPS and the 6. ARM6. 4ARMARMARM, x. ARM, x. 86 6. 4Programmed in. C, C, Java,. NET C XamarinC, C, Objective C, Swift,. NET C Xamarin7 XNA. NET C, Silverlight, native CC only for vendors and partners58. NET C, VB. NET, Silverlight, native CC, Win. RTP XMLA, Direct. XC C Native SDK, CQt Cascades SDK, HTML5JavascriptCSS Webworks SDK, Action. Script Adobe AIR, Java Android runtime. CC, QML, Python. Public issues list. Yes7No8Yes9Yes1. Yes1. DRM free1. No1. 3 since Android 4. Android 4. 31. 5 and more restrictions on Android 4. No Fair. Play. No. No1. 7Yes. Yes. Device independent system updates. Partial system updates since Oreo1. Lineage. OS1. 9Yes2. Only for developers. No. No. Yes. Wireless system updates. Yes. 52. 182. Yes2. No. Yes. GPU accelerated GUI32. Yes. Yes2. 5Yes, OS 7. Yes. Feature. Androidi. OSWindows 1. 0 Mobile. Black. Berry 1. 0Tizen. Sailfish OSAdvanced controlseditApp ecosystemeditApp ecosystem. Feature. Androidi. OSWindows 1. 0 Mobile. Black. Berry 1. 0Tizen. Sailfish OSOfficial app store. Google Play. App Store. Windows Store. Black. Berry World, Amazon Appstore9. Tizen Store. Jolla Store. Non discriminatory stores. No, Some apps like Ad blockers are censored on Google Play9. No, Apple discriminates based on country9. Apple policies9. No, Discriminates by country,9. Openrepos. 9. 9 Developers can distribute apps from their own sources, supports multiple app stores. Common APIs for smartphones, tablets, and PCs. Yes1. 00Smartphone and tablet only1. No. No. Yes. Official SDK platformsLinux, Mac OS X and Windows1. Mac OS X using i. OS SDKWindows1. 04Windows, Mac OS X,1. Linux only Native SDK for 1. GNULinux, Windows, OS X1. Windows, Mac OS X and Linux1. Cost to develop for the mobile OSFree. Free with Xcode 71. Free1. 10Free. Free. Free. Cost to publish app to official store. US2. 5 once to offer it on Google Play1. US9. 9year. US1. Students can get a token for an individual account 1 token for 3. Windows StorePhone Dev Center for 1. Free. Free. Free1. Basic featureseditBasic features. Feature. Androidi. OSWindows 1. 0 Mobile. Black. Berry 1. 0Tizen. Sailfish OScut, copy, and paste. Yes1. 1531. 16Yes1. Yes. Yes1. 18Partially released1. Multi Device clipboard. No. 101. 20No. No. No. Noundo. No1. No. No. No. No1. Custom home and lock screen wallpaper. Yes. 46. 4Yes. Yes. Download Iso Files. Yes. Yes incl. AmbienceDesktop sync. No,1. 24 but available on Samsung Kies HTC Sense1. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes Local full backup. Limited backup for 4. ADB using external computer. Possible with 3rd party apps with rooted phones or a custom recovery1. Yes, using external computer1. No, removed in WP8,1. WP7 in Zune only when performing update, or anytime via 3rd party software1. Yes, using external computer1. No1. 33Yes. Core data missing sync. Bookmarks1. 34 before 4, SMSs and Settings1. Favorites,1. 36 Text Messages1. Settings1. 38 Notification center. Yes. 51. 398. 18. Yes. Push notifications. Yes1. 42Yes Apple Push Notification ServiceYes1. Yes. 21. 44Yes. Screenshot. Cyanogen Mod and the default Samsung Galaxy S II rom1. Yes6. 41. 4681. Yes. Calendar import. No,1. Yes1. 523rd party software only import not subscribe1. Yes1. 54 1. 1. Textdocument support read only creating using third party appsMicrosoft Office Mobile, PDF, TXTRTFMicrosoft Office,1. Work, PDF, Images, TXTRTF, VCFMicrosoft Office 2. PDF, Images, TXTRTFMicrosoft Office, PDF, Open. Document, TXTRead only text files, PDF, HTML, Multiple office formats. Microsoft Office, Open. Document, PDFPrinter support. Google Cloud Print1. USB1. 60Yes Air. Print1. Yes. No Show remembered Wi Fi connections. Yes. No, 3rd party software on jailbroken devices1. Yes. Yes Yes. BrowsereditBrowser. Feature. Androidi. OSWindows 1. 0 Mobile. Black. Berry 1. 0Tizen. Sailfish OSDefault web browserengine. Blink. Web. Kit. Trident Edge. HTML after 1. 0Web. Kit. Web. Kit. Gecko1. Major web browser available. Chrome for Android, Opera, Firefox. Safari, Chrome for i. OS, Opera Mini, Firefox. Internet Explorer, Opera Mini, UC Browser, Microsoft Edge. Black. Berry 1. 0 Browser, Opera Mini, Firefox. Tizen Browser Based on UC BrowserSailfish Browser Firefox, Webcat Web. Kit, Web Pirate Web. Kit, others via Android Firefox, Chrome, OperaBrowser extensions. No1. 65 3rd party software1. No, 3rd party software1. No. No. No. Browser direct Internet connection increased resilience to outagesYes. Yes. Yes. 10,1. Black. Berry Internet Service, direct browsing supported over Wi. Fi. Yes Browser undo close tab. Google Chrome for Android1. No. No. No. No. Browser keeps windows open on shutdown or crash. Google Chrome1. 72 but not on main browser1. Yes. Yes. 10 Opens dialog for choosing which websites to restore after crash, option to restore all sites after restart. No. Yes. Browser keeps windows open when cleaning cookies. Yes. 3rd party software1. Yes. Yes Yes. Browser search engine options. Many1. 75Bing, Google, Yahoo Search, Duck. Duck. Go. Bing, Google support removed on some markets on 8. GDR11. 76W1. 0M Many. Bing, Dictionary. Google, Wikipedia, Yahoo, User Defined. Bing, Google, YahooSearch. Bing, Google, Yahoo, Yandex. Baidu, Duck. Duck. Go, Start. Page, Searx, ixquick, Swisscows, Qwant, Seznam, Hulbee via openrepos1. Browser find on page. Yes1. 81Yes. 1. Browseremail save images. Yes. Yes1. 83Yes1. Yes Yes. Browseremail save PDFs. Yes. Yes6. 4Yes1. Yes. Yes. Yes. Browser save audiovideo. Yes, but only links, not embedded media. Yes embedded media not supportedYes. Yes. Browser save page. Yes, Google Chrome 5. Offline Reading List 1. Yes1. 92Yes Browser save any file. No,1. 93 3rd party software1. When an app that can handleopen the filetype is installed excluding audiovideo requires 3rd party software1. Yes. Browser force enable zoom. No, not working anymore on Android 4. Yes1. 98Yes, via accessibility settings. Yes,via accessibility settings Browser text reflow1. No, removed on Android 4. Only on pages with reader mode available 2. Only on pages available on reading view on 8. Yes2. 05 1. 0 Only in reader mode. No. No. Browser Reader Mode. No,2. 06 3rd party software2. Yes. No2. 11Browser file upload. Limited. Yes. 4. 22. Yes. 1. 0. 7. 1. 62. Browser form navigation. Next button2. 15Previous, Next, Auto. Fill, and Done buttons2. Yes. Yes2. 13 Browser private browsing mode. Yes. 1. 1. 6. 2. 72. Offline web apps. Yes2. 22Yes2. 232. No HTTP Live Streaming. No2. 30Web. RTCYes2. No. No. No. No. Communication and connectivityeditCommunication and connectivity. Feature. Androidi. OSWindows 1. 0 Mobile. Black. Berry 1. 0Tizen. Sailfish OSUnified Inbox. No,2. 33 but 3rd party apps available2. Yes. 7. 52. 35Yes.