We asked for your opinion on the best Android skin last week, and the results are in. Samsung’s One UI received 41% of all votes, making it the clear-cut winner. Google’s Pixel UI comes in a distant second with 20% of all votes and is the only other option with a double-digit share.
From there on, your votes determined custom ROMs as the third best option. We’re surprised by this development as the custom ROM sphere has generally been on the decline in the last few years. Still, custom ROMs like LineageOS are a great option for older devices, allowing you to run newer versions of Android while also offering crucial security updates.
Nothing OS occupies the third place, and we can see why – the minimalist UI and dot-matrix design give Nothing phones a radically different look that seems to have carved out its own fan base. An almost equal number of users don’t really care about the skin altogether.
This actually goes well with our other weekly poll question: How important is the Android skin? There seems to be some polarizing opinions here as over 43% of voters feel that Android skins are important but not a deal breaker.
On the other hand, nearly 40% have a strong preference for a specific skin and only buy devices running that version. So, we can safely conclude that Android skins are an important decision when picking out a new phone.
Jumping back to the popularity contest, Oppo’s ColorOS came in fourth place on the list, managing to edge out the likes of Xiaomi HyperOS, Motorola Hello UI, Honor’s MagicOS and Sony’s Xperia UI. The least popular skin on the list is vivo’s ColorOS.
