Difference between Android 9.0 “Pie” and Android 10

1. Android 9.0 “Pie” :
Android 9.0 “Pie” is the ninth version and 16th major release of Android Operating System, released publicly on August 6, 2018. It was preceded by Android 8.1 “Oreo” and succeeded by Android 10. It was initially called Android P. With Android 9 update, Google introduced ‘Adaptive Battery’ and ‘Automatic Brightness Adjust’ functionality. This improved battery levels with the changed battery scenario for Android users. As of April 2020, it is the most popular Android version with 37.4% of Android phones running on this version.

Example –
Phones which uses this version- Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S9, Realme X2 etc.

2. Android 10 :
Android 10 is the tenth version and 17th major release of Android Operating System, released publicly on September 3, 2019. It was preceded by Android 9.0 “Pie” and will be succeeded by Android 11. It was initially called Android Q. With the dark mode and an upgraded adaptive battery setting, Android 10’s battery life it tends to be longer on comparing with its precursor. As of April 2020, it is the second most popular Android version with 16.12% of Android phones running on this version.

Example –
Phones which runs on Android 10 version- Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G, Samsung Galaxy S10, Samsung Galaxy M30 etc.

Difference between Android 9.0 “Pie” and Android 10 :

Android 9.0 “Pie”	Android 10
It brought the feature NFC peer-to-peer sharing method that allowed two devices to share fast when they are nearby.	It has switched Android Beam with Fast Share that employs the combination of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct to create a connection and transfer files faster than ever.
It introduced a transforming version of colors to android OS ecosystem.	It has introduced system-wide dark mode and excess of themes.
With Android 9 update, Google introduced ‘Adaptive Battery’ and ‘Automatic Brightness Adjust’ functionality. This improved battery levels with changed battery scenario for Android users.	With the dark mode and an upgraded adaptive battery setting, Android 10’s battery life it tends to be longer on comparing with its precursor.
Android 9.0 Google becomes second major vendor supporting emojis by introducing 157 new smile emojis.	Using Machine Learning, Android 10 messaging application has come up with facility of Smart Reply and Suggested actions.
It has a home button.	Android 10 removed ‘Home button’ from device’s hardware. This offered a new look that added more quickly and intuitive gesture navigation functionalities.
Notification in Android 9 was smarter, more powerful, bundled together, and “reply” feature inside notification bar.	App notifications appear in form of bubble chat heads that floats across screen enables users to perform some other task while attending these notifications.
Privacy settings are much secure than Android 8.1 “Oreo”.	Android 10 allows users to have better options in terms of location-access permission. The users can decide if they want to make their location accessible to third parties according to their terms.
As of April 2020, it is most popular Android version with 37.4% of Android phones running on this version.	As of April 2020, it is second most popular Android version with 16.12% of Android phones running on this version.