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title: "What is the difference between Android and Windows?"  
description: "What is the difference between Android and Windows?"  
author: "Kalin"  
published: 2022-04-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96802/what-is-the-difference-between-android-and-windows  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "android os", "android"]  
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# What is the difference between Android and Windows?

What is the [difference](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/398/difference-between-object-type-and-var-type) between Android and [Windows](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/166/windows-api)?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

![What is the difference between Android and Windows?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/0394aced-0ed1-4081-910d-54486e4b8f93/images/8b2fcfc2-eb7b-4ae2-9dd6-aa811fe3d72a.jpeg)\

- Microsoft Incorporation provides a range of proprietary graphical operating systems known as **Windows.** Microsoft Windows is another name for it.
- **Google's [Android](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96777/explain-the-android-application-architecture)** operating system is a mobile operating system. It is built on a modified Linux kernel as well as other open source applications. It was created with touchscreen mobile devices in mind, such as smartphones and tablets. C, Java, C++, and more languages were used to create it.
- Microsoft Incorporation created and owns the Windows operating system.
- Google LLC created and owns the android operating system platform.
- Windows Workstations, personal PCs, media centres, tablets, and embedded systems are all supported. andriod Smartphones and tablet computers are the target system types.

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**Read More: [Is Android really a mobile operating system?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96796/is-android-really-a-mobile-operating-system)**


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