KaiOS makes available a range of games, streaming, social media and messaging apps through the KaiStore, which JioPhone and Lyf users can access. This Linux-based OS was started to offer “smartphone-like functionalities to affordable phones”. Besides India, KaiOS also runs in the US and Canada through partnerships with Sprint, AT&T, and T-Mobile. KaiOS, which launched in January, powers the JioPhone and Lyf smartphones manufactured by Reliance Industries. The new entrant - KaiOS - has already overtaken iOS as the second most used OS in India.” The natural conclusion is another OS eating into their market dominance, and our data reflects this. In a country of over 1.3 billion people, a few percentage points can make a huge difference to a manufacturers bottom line. Prior to that, over 90 percent of Indian smartphones would be running on the Google-owned OS.Īccording to DeviceAtlas, “Both iOS and Android lost market share in India. Interestingly, Android ceded over 11 percent of its share to other OS in 2017. iOS share fell to 9.6 percent, while Android continued to lead with a 71.6-percent share. JioPhone’s KaiOS, that runs on Linux, has surged ahead of iOS with a 15 percent share, revealed DeviceAtlas in its Mobile Web Intelligence Report.
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