At the start of December, Google reported that Android 16 adoption was low<\/a>. However, our tech-savvy audience is ahead of the curve and most of the people who voted in last week\u2019s poll<\/a> have version 16 running on their phone.<\/p>\n For some (7%), it\u2019s because they bought a new phone recently and it came with Android 16 out of the box. The majority of voters (55%), however, received version 16 as an update.<\/p>\n Around a third of voters are still on an older version \u2013 either because they are still waiting (some brands take longer than others) or because support for their phone has come to an end.<\/p>\n There\u2019s an interesting fraction of around 5% of people who have stuck with an older version of Android on purpose. As reasons, they say it\u2019s because some updates can remove features, lower performance or introduce unwanted UI changes.<\/p>\n Something that we noticed in the comments is that many feel like the pace of innovation has slowed down and recent Android versions haven\u2019t changed much. That is another reason why some don\u2019t feel pressured to move to a newer OS version.<\/p>\n While it wasn\u2019t an option in the poll, we saw that some in the comments are running Android 16 thanks to a custom ROM. As Android matured and maker-specific UIs added more customization options, custom ROMs fell out of fashion \u2013 but they aren\u2019t extinct yet! However, the growing number of devices with locked bootloaders poses a threat to the future of custom ROMs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"Weekly](\"https:\/\/fdn.gsmarena.com\/imgroot\/news\/26\/02\/weekly-poll-results-android-16\/inline\/gsmarena_001.png\")
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