Google Acquires Android

Announced August 17, 2005 — $50M

What happened

Android was a mobile operating system business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Android.

Google's acquisition history

18th of 269 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

66 of 269 Google deals

Google's average disclosed price

$1.20B

Google's largest disclosed deal

Wiz ($32B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2005

102 across all acquirers

Google in Mobile operating system

1 acquisition

When did Google acquire Android?

Google acquired Android on August 17, 2005. This was Google's 18th publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Android?

Google paid $50M for Android.

What does Android do?

Android was a mobile operating system business based in United States; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Android.

What other Mobile operating system companies has Google acquired?

Android is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Mobile operating system so far.