Google hits 250m Android activations

Worth $3.65bn per year, according to Oracle.

Continued stats from analysts show that Android is the leading OS for the majority of smartphone users and Google confirms it.

In its earnings report, the search giant says that it has now has more than 250 million activations of Android devices, which means new devices that have been sold legitimately over the counter and not secondhand transactions.

Additionally the Android Market has received over 11 billion app downloads.

Larry Page, CEO of Google, said: "Google had a really strong quarter ending a great year. Full year revenue was up 29 per cent, and our quarterly revenue blew past the $10 billion mark for the first time,  excited about the growth of Android, Gmail, and Google+, which now has 90 million users globally--well over double what I announced just three months ago."

While Page will be over the moon with the results, patent firm Oracle isn't quite as ecstatic. It's currently embroiled in a legal battle with Google about patent infringement and the claims that the 700,000 Android devices activated each day are providing Google with $3.65 billion in revenues each year.