Android Circuit: Android Beats Apple, Microsoft's Android Ambitions, S7 Edge Saves Samsung

Taking a look back at seven days of news across the Android world, this week’s Android Circuit includes the Chinese smartphone market moving towards Android, how the Galaxy S7 is saving Samsung, the rise of Marshmallow, Google’s monthly update of bug fixes and patches, BlackBerry’s disappointing sales, OnePlus’s OxygenOS update, Microsoft’s improvements to Cortana for Android, and some new icons from Google Play.

Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week (and you can find the weekly Apple news digest here).

Chinese Markets Bend Towards Android

The last three months have seen Android gain ground on Apple in the crucial Chinese market (reports Kantar Worldpanel’s data). iOS has seen no growth in its share over the Chinese New Year period, and year-on-year Apple has lost 3.2% share. That has moved over to Android which is up 3.4% and now represents 76.4% of a vital growth market. Natasha Lomas for TechCrunch:

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